After a pathetic second day of Melbourne Test, being the last specialist batter left, all eyes were on Rishabh Pant to deliver a memorable knock.
But he could score only 28 off 37 balls. He did get a few boundaries and had lucky escapes, before falling to Scott Boland after attempting a lap shot and getting caught by Nathan Lyon.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was furious with Pant’s shot selection with India in dire straits.
“There is a terrible shot selection, especially with the fielders placed where they were. He seems to have two ways of scoring either by hammering the ball over long on or looking to play these shots. Which means, at the Test level you can’t always score consistently. If he wants to bat this way, he can’t bat at no. 5 but lmaybe ower down the order. That means that he will score some runs here and there,” Sunil Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“You see some of his fours there were edges through the slips. His 50 plus conversion rate is just 19 per cent? Is that good enough for a no.
