T20 WC 2024: Gilchrist prefers Pant over KL Rahul, Sanju Samson as India's wicketkeeper, says 'Without doubt..'
ALSO READ: T20 World Cup | BCCI meeting over Hardik Pandya’s selection; here’s what Rohit, Dravid, Agarkar decided: Report Pant in now Delhi Capitals' highest run-scorer this season with 210 runs in seven matches, with a high-score of 55. Compared to Pant, RR captain Sanju Samson is in fine batting form and smacked 276 runs in 7 IPL games, while Rahul has registered 286 runs in seven fixtures. On being asked whom should India send to West Indies for T20 World Cup, legendary Australian opener and all-time great wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist preferred Pant as his first-choice.
"He has been consistently getting atleast starts, and a couple of nice contributions. He affected this brilliant backhand run out against RR, which was just amazing, Dhoni-like. His last match against GT, he was Man of the Match, primarily for his wicketkeeping and his captaincy is there, ended up 19* not out.
So a wonderful week for him. As I say there is a lot of focus on him, lot of expectations and he has delivered," Cricbuzz, quoted Gilchrist as saying. "Without doubt.
If the BCCI doesn't give you one, I will pay for his ticket. "I will have him in my team, definitely. I think his wicketkeeping is showing physically that he is not held back.
His batting is only going to get better and better as he spends more time. I think just that level of maturity that comes with leadership, I have him in there and I think Sanju Samson is probably my back-up at the moment. What I will say is India are so well-blessed with so many talented wicketkeeper-batters," he further added.Milestone Alert!
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