Gautam Gambhir unhappy with team management's handling of Rishabh Pant

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has criticised the way team management is handling young resources. Gautam Gambhir was specifically taking about team management’s handling of Rishabh Pant. Recently, India batting coach Vikram Rathour had talked about Rishabh Pant needing to be more careful with his shot selection.

“Personally, I have always backed Sanju Samson ahead of Rishabh for wicketkeeper-batsman's role but it is disappointing to see the team-management using words like 'from fearless to careless', 'rap on Rishbah's knuckles' and 'need for a backup of Rishabh’,”

“This is no way to handle a young human resource. Everyone wants him to play sensible cricket, the World Cup winner added. I don't know what that means. What I do know is that the boy is now playing for survival rather than scoring runs. From the outside, it seems that his mindset is all over the place. Someone needs to put an arm around his shoulder and tell him that he is wanted in the team,” Gambhir wrote.

Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad said they are monitoring Rishabh Pant’s progress and also grooming backups across all formats.

India and South Africa will be playing the third T20I match at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy stadium today.

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