Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant are succesful sufficient batsmen to choose themselves in the identical enjoying XI in the course of the upcoming T20 World Cup.
In his newest ICC assessment, Ponting had his 5 face-to-faces for the marquee occasion and amongst them there was a heated debate as to who ought to be within the enjoying XI? Should it’s a possible destroyer of the bowling assault Pant or the “designated finisher” Karthik? “The debate in Indian cricket circles has been going on for a long time as to who should be the designated wicketkeeper-batsman in the side. While Karthik can lay claim to being a fine finisher, Pant’s prodigious talent has seen him endorsing many,” Ponting wrote in his column.
India have fielded each in the identical workforce on a couple of events and Ponting believes that ought to be the best way for Rohit Sharma’s workforce.
Praising each, Ponting mentioned, “I really think that these two players are in the best team of India. I don’t care if they are both keepers but I think their batting is good enough.” Elaborating on his talents, the Australian legend mentioned: “With Rishabh in the middle order and Dinesh as the finisher, they look extremely dangerous to me.” Ultimately although, Ponting believed that Pant has the sting over Karthik and is more likely to be given extra possibilities.
Pant’s Delhi Capitals coach mentioned, “Look, I am going to go for Rishabh’s side because I think he might get a little more opportunity than Dinesh.”
In the face-off between Shaheen Shah Afridi and Jasprit Bumrah, Ponting feels the Indian is forward of the Pakistani.
“I would probably go for experience alone – I would go for Bumrah. He has played a lot of cricket in Australia now, played more in Australia than Afridi and played more major tournaments than Afridi,” Ponting mentioned.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
