Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is among the touring stars who are struggling for runs in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. Pant endured a tough time with the bat in the three Tests so far in England, but Dinesh Karthik backed the youngster to come good.
The left-hander has been receiving flak from the cricket experts and fans for his poor performance at the middle, as he could manage only 87 runs in five innings so far in the Test series against England.
Pant came into the ongoing Test series in England on the back of some match-winning performances in Australia and at home earlier this year, but he is yet to impress with the bat on the UK tour.
However, Karthik, the Indian cricketer, and commentator believes that Pant needs to be given time to flourish while insisting that the 23-year-old doesn’t need to change his approach and technique in the last two Test matches of the series against England.
Karthik told Times of India, “Pant has got most of his runs that way, he got tons of it in Australia and you will have to give him the time and allow him to flourish. I don't think he needs to change anything drastically in the middle of the series. Pant knows how to deal with these conditions. He is a match-winner and I believe he will come good.”
Noteworthy, the fourth Test between England and Indian will be held at The Oval, where Pant smashed his maiden Test hundred, 114 off 146 balls, during India’s stiff chase of 464 runs in 2018 and now he needs to take inspiration from that knock to deliver for Team India.
