-Vinay Kumar
After becoming the regular captain of the Indian ODI cricket team, Rohit Sharma, who was captaining the first international series (West Indies vs India ODI Series, 2022), won the series with 1 match remaining in the 3-match ODI series. Won 2-0 against the Indies. On Wednesday, February 9, after losing the toss in the match played at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, when the Indian team’s pair of openers came on the field, crores of cricket lovers of the country and the world were surprised. Because, Team India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant along with captain Rohit Sharma came to open for India.
That Winning Feeling!@prasidh43 picks his fourth wicket as #TeamIndia complete a 4⃣4⃣-run win over West Indies in the 2nd ODI. #INDvWI @paytm
Scorecard ️ https://t.co/yqSjTw302p pic.twitter.com/R9KCvpMImH
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2022
It is worth noting that in this match, Team India’s regular opener ‘Gabbar’ Shikhar Dhawan was not given a place. In such a situation, there were speculations that KL Rahul would open the innings in Shikhar’s absence. Let us remind you one thing that captain Rohit Sharma himself has told that Rishabh Pant will not open in the next match.
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When Rishabh Pant came out to open the Indian innings
It is worth noting that Rishabh Pant, who came to start the Indian innings with captain Rohit Sharma, wanted to play big shots as soon as he arrived. During this, captain Rohit Sharma was run for 5 runs. After this, Rishabh Pant also did not manage to play a big innings and scored 18 runs and took the path of the pavilion. It was believed that perhaps captain Rohit Sharma is now in testing to see Rishabh Pant as an opener for the Indian team. But, Rohit Sharma made his stand clear in this matter.
‘Gabbar’ will return in the next match
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said in response to a question about wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant being fielded as an opener, “We did this experiment, it was not permanent. In the next match, we would like to bring Shikhar Dhawan. That is, the captain has made it clear that Rishabh Pant will not go to open in the next match.