Ricky Ponting Picks Rishabh Pant as India’s Top Run Scorer for BGT 2024-25
Ricky Ponting has chosen Rishabh Pant to be India's top run scorer in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Pant has been in excellent batting form since his return from a life threatening accident, impressing with his performance and earning confidence for the upcoming series.
Ponting chose Rishabh Pant as India’s best batter for the upcoming series, despite strong options like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Pant was the top scorer in the New Zealand test series, with 261 runs. However, the form of the other batters, including Kohli and Sharma, has been a major concern for India.
Ricky Ponting selected Steve Smith as the highest run scorer for Australia and Rishabh Pant as the highest run scorer for India. He made these picks during a conversation with ICC, highlighting both players as key contributors for their respective teams in the upcoming series. Ponting’s choices reflect confidence in their batting abilities.
Ricky Ponting commented on the performance of Rishabh Pant and Steve Smith, saying:
Leading run scorer, I’m going to go (with) Steve Smith or Rishabh Pant. With Rishabh back in the side and probably coming into bat in the middle order when the ball’s probably lost a bit of its shine and a bit of its hardness and the form that he’s in, I’ll go for him as one of the leading run-scorers as well.
Rishabh Pant has been in excellent form, scoring 161 runs in two tests against Bangladesh at an average of 53.66. He continued his good run with 261 runs in three tests against New Zealand at an average of 43.50, including three half centuries, two of which came in challenging conditions in Mumbai.
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