Rishabh Pant Dropped for Sri Lanka Series, Ishan Kishan to Return

Team India is now to play a 3 T20 match series with Sri Lanka from 27 July. For which the squad of Team India can be announced very soon. India is also to play a 3 ODI series with Sri Lanka from 2 August. It is believed that against Sri Lanka, many young players can get a chance.

Now the new head of Team India, Gautam Gambhir, can make a big decision and remove the team’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant from the team. At the same time, now it can be considered to give a chance to these 3 players in place of Pant.

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Rishabh Pant may be out of the Sri Lanka series.

Rishabh Pant | Photo Credits: GettyImages

Rishabh Pant can be dropped from the ODI and T20 series against Sri Lanka. Because head coach Gautam Gambhir no longer wants to include any such player in the team. Whose performance has been very poor.

According to media reports, Rishabh Pant can now get a chance only in Tests. Because Pant has not performed well in white ball cricket. While he has been given a lot of opportunities. Pant also disappointed a lot in the T20 World Cup 2024.

These 3 wicketkeeper batsmen can be considered.

According to sources, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir can now give a chance to KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan in ODI and T20 formats in place of Rishabh Pant. Gambhir can now give a chance to all these three wicketkeeper players by excluding Pant in the coming time. While it seems difficult for Rishabh Pant to get a chance in the World Champions Trophy 2025, T20 World Cup 2026, and World Cup 2027.

Rishabh Pant’s performance has been something like this.

If we talk about Rishabh Pant’s performance in the ODI and T20 formats, then his performance has not been anything special so far. Because Rishabh Pant has got a chance in 30 ODI matches. In which he has been able to score only 865 runs at an average of 34.

Pant has scored only 5 half-centuries and 1 century in 26 innings in ODIs. Rishabh Pant has scored 1158 runs in 74 T20 matches at an average of 22. While during this time his strike rate has also been only 126.