Rishabh Pant Asked to 'Stand-by' for Indian Cricket Team- How true is this recent newspiece???

[Ankit_sharma03]

Delhi's latest batting sensation Rishabh Pant, the leading run scorer in the Ranji Trophy, has been asked to "stand-by" for the senior Indian team and step in if an emergency crops up.

Multiple people associated with the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), Rishabh's adopted home, confirmed that the national selectors have alerted the 19-year-old left-handed batsman-cum wicket keeper who loves to hit big sixes to be mentally prepared to bolster the Indian team.

Delhi senior selector Atul Wassan confirmed the development.

"I don't I know about others, but I know that he has been asked to stand-by. And it is only natural that the selectors have taken note of his performances as he is doing well. But I don't know that his being a standby is only for the ongoing England Test series or the One-day Internationals that follow," Wassan, a former India Test pacer, told Outlook.

"Now, Rishabh will have to be ready for the entire home season, not just the series against England. It's a long season and whenever there is a chance the selectors must be waiting for a cap [pick a player to fill that gap]," he said.

 

The selectors now know that Rishabh is special so they'll wait for him, and when the opportunity arises he should be given a chance. It's not that they will have to omit someone; you'll have more players in the mix who can step up and play for India," said Wassan.

At the moment, Wriddhiman Saha is the wicket-keeper in the ongoing Test series against England and Mahendra Singh Dhoni keeps wickets and captains the team in shorter formats of the game. But an opportunity could arise anytime due to various reason – injuries, illness or lack form.

Wassan even suggested that Rishabh is good enough to be picked as a pure batsman.

"The problem in India is that if you are tagged as a wicket-keeper then you are compressed in one slot. But he is a special talent in batting. How you can fast-track him, I was thinking the other day. No point wasting him here at this level [in the Ranji Trophy] and should be immediately taken up there [Indian team]. But only the national the selectors will have to apply their minds to it," he said, wondering how long the batsman can remain a stand-by for the Indian team.
 

Delhi team coach Krishna Bhaskar Pillai was sure that Rishabh was mature enough to graduate to the next level.

Asked if Rishabh was ready for international cricket, Bhaskar told Outlook: "Yes, but at the moment Saha and Dhoni are, of course, there. But if any injury etc. happens they can always go for Rishabh or Ishan Kishan [of Jharkhand]. They are two readily available stars for you. Both can play in the XI. For the India under-19 team, Ishan was captain and Rishabh was keeping wickets recently. India has a bright future."

 

Link- http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/hard-hitter-rishabh-pant-asked-to-stand-by-for-indian-cricket-team/297416?fromNewsdog=1

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Looks genuine.

[maniac]

 

Get this kid IN NOW

[Tibarn]

Unless they are planning to drop Saha or Saha had an injury, why do they need him in the squad?

[express bowling]

If Rishabh Pant is tagged as a wicket keeper-batsman then he will never make it to the LOI sides as we already have the captain as the keeper and it is not possible for him to sit out.

 

He should be tagged as a batsman if we want to introduce him in LOIs.

Edited November 22, 2016 by express bowling

[Ankit_sharma03]

I always say chances shud b earned not begged and this guy's performance is literally forcing selectors

Mumbai n Mohali are good batting wkts, never know he might get a srs look in

 

If not he wud be there in ODi or t20 series

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, express bowling said:

If Rishabh pant is tagged as a wicket keeper-batsman then he will never make it to the LOI sides as we already have the captain as the keeper and it is not possible for him to sit out.

 

He should be tagged as a batsman if we want to introduce him in LOIs.

He is good enough to play as a batsman alone......he played with qdk n samson in DD and he had to field but the good thing was he was even giving his 100% in fielding to

[express bowling]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

He is good enough to play as a batsman alone......he played with qdk n samson in DD and he had to field but the good thing was he was even giving his 100% in fielding to

He is ...but the tagging is important for selection purposes.

[maniac]

First on the Rishabh Pant bandwagon checking in 

 

Jokes apart as I said he was ready and glad selectors some of then who have played the game at the highest level saw it the same way(so far  Hope they don't ruin it)

 

Glad all that garbage of playing pointless A tours and wasting away valuable form and years on domestics has been put to rest.

 

This kid is a mercurial talent and I am glad he is getting rewarded for it.

 

Edited November 22, 2016 by maniac

[maniac]

6 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

I always say chances shud b earned not begged and this guy's performance is literally forcing selectors

Mumbai n Mohali are good batting wkts, never know he might get a srs look in

 

If not he wud be there in ODi or t20 series

I would prefer him to be in the ODI and T20 squad and then a test cap but looks like it is going to be the other way around.

 

I think with Saha being lackluster this series,I guess there is no other alternative.

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

3 minutes ago, maniac said:

I would prefer him to be in the ODI and T20 squad and then a test cap but looks like it is going to be the other way around.

 

I think with Saha being lackluster this series,I guess there is no other alternative.

 

Same here, but sometimes things happen in weird ways

 

Right now we are not even sure about this info

Edited November 22, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[express bowling]

First....he should play as a pure batsman in ODIs and T20s against England...batting at no.5.

[The Realist]

Would give him a run in limited over cricket first. Dhoni can take one for the team and drop himself. 

 

Need to build for the future and after all process>results.

[Samcric]

If I remember correctly, during the early CSK days, Parthiv Patel used to keep and Dhoni used to field. May be something similar can be done with Pant and Dhoni. Would save some more energy for Dhoni to try and hit some big shots!

[speedster]

30 minutes ago, maniac said:

I would prefer him to be in the ODI and T20 squad and then a test cap but looks like it is going to be the other way around.

 

I think with Saha being lackluster this series,I guess there is no other alternative.

 

Saha may not have done well in the first two tests but unless he is injured, I doubt if he will be replaced, even if Pant is brought into the squad, it is more likely that he will sit out and be blooded in during the T20s.

[fineleg]

These may be rumors floating around? I don't think he's gonna play Tests right now. Perhaps for T20 he will be in the squad.

Edited November 22, 2016 by fineleg

[putrevus]

Has anyone seen him keep wickets?How are his keeping skills, he looks an attacking batsman which I would not mind batting at no 7, Saha missed easy stumping and also his wicket keeping skills are not off the chart.

[Texan]

I hope he plays the next Test, but seems like wishful thinking on my part.

[SecondSlip]

So happy to see that he is on the selector's radar 

[cowboysfan]

I have never seen him play,cant even find good videos on youtube.