Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar opens up Rishabh Pant's dismissals in the four Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Pant who was one of the match winners for India during the last edition of the series has failed to convert his inning into big scores in the ongoing series.
For his performances in the ongoing Test series against Australia, the latter faced a lot of criticism from former cricketers and cricketing experts. However, Manjrekar feels that he should be "criticised for his failures, rather than the way he fails".
Taking to X, Manjrekar wrote, "Pant should be criticised only for his failures, rather than how he fails. He averages 42 in Tests with at least 3 great inngs, ever played by an Indian! In 42 tests he has 6 hundreds & 7 nineties. He is a great player not scoring enough runs & that's the crux of it. #INDvsAUS"
Pant has played four matches so far where, he has made 154 runs at an average of 22.00, with no half-centuries in seven innings. His best score is 37.
Pant has played 11 matches against Australia where he scored 78 runs at an average of 45.76 and a strike rate of 66.72, with a century and two fifties in 19 innings. His best score is 159*.
During his first Australia tour in 2018-19 he smashed 350 runs in four matches and seven innings at an average of 58.33, with a century and best score of 159*, ending as India's top-run getter. Later in 2020-21, Pant scored 274 runs in three matches at an average of 68.50, with two half-centuries in five innings and best score of 97. His knocks of 97 at Sydney during a draw and 89* to chase down 328 runs at Brisbane are among his best innings that launched the swashbuckling keeper into stardom.
Pant recently made his cricketing comeback after recovering from a near-fatal accident that happened in 2022. After making his comeback the southpaw has made 576 runs at an average of 36.00, with a century and three fifties. His best score is 109.