After this defeat, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid, has given his reaction.
New Delhi, The second Test match played between India and South Africa (India VS South Africa 2nd Test Match) was won by the host team. In the second innings of the match, on the fourth day, South Africa scored 243 runs for 3 wickets and defeated the Indian team by 7 wickets. After this defeat, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid, has given his reaction.
Barring Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, none of the players could show good performance in the second innings for India. The Indian team and the fans expected a good innings from Rishabh Pant. But, he too lost his wicket by playing a bad shot. After the match, Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid clearly said that the team management will discuss his shot selection with Rishabh Pant.
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Rahul Dravid said that at what time what kind of shot should be played, we will talk to Pant about it. In the second innings playing against South Africa, Rishabh Pant returned to the pavilion after playing 3 balls. Pant was dismissed in the second innings after playing a wrong shot without opening an account. After this, questions have started arising on him.
Everyone had high hopes from Rishabh Pant in the second innings of the match. But, Pant got out in the process of dominating South African bowler Kagiso Rabada. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, who was doing commentary during that time, also got very angry after seeing this shot of Pant.
After losing the second Test, Rahul Dravid said, “We know that Rishabh Pant plays positively and he plays in a special way and that has given him some success. But, now the time has come when we are going to have some level of talks with Pant, it is just a matter of talking about when to play these shots.
Rahul Dravid further said that, “Rishabh Pant is not being stopped from playing aggressively. They just have to learn to wait for the right time. We also know that Pant is a good player and he can turn matches anytime. Rishabh Pant is still learning and with time he will gradually become a better player.