Melbourne. Former Indian cricket team coach Ravi Shastri wants the team to take on wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant in the T20 World Cup semi-final against England, who will prove to be the ‘X factor’ of the team at the Adelaide Oval with short boundaries. The former Indian coach believes that Pant is the ‘match winner’ and can play the role of a finisher very well. Rishabh Pant played the only match in this tournament against Zimbabwe and got out for three runs. Ravi Shastri said that Dinesh Karthik is a player of the team, but looking at the bowling attack of England or New Zealand, you need an aggressive left-handed batsman. Is. Rishabh Pant has done well against England and won the ODI match recently. I will pick Rishabh Pant as he can prove to be the X factor in the semi-finals.
Shastri further said that the boundaries in Adelaide are short and the left-hander can prove to be very useful. Having too many right-handed batsmen doesn’t take away the variety. England have a good attack and in that case the left-hander will prove to be useful. Let us tell you that the Indian team had given Dinesh Karthik a chance in four out of five matches of the Super 12 stage, but he could not impress much, while Pant was given a chance against Zimbabwe in the last match, but that too in batting. Couldn’t do anything special.
At the same time, the Indian cricket team has to face England in Adelaide on November 10 in the semi-final match and will face each other for the fourth time in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, there have been three matches between England and India in the T20 World Cup, in which the Indian team won twice while the England team won once. At the same time, in the year 2012, the last match between the two teams was played in the T20 World Cup, in which India won.