India may have won the third T20I at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday to level the three-match series 1-1, but former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar isn’t too pleased with the performances of batsman KL Rahul and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant.
Manjrekar feels that their lack of consistency has meant that the team has had to play a bowler who can bat in the form of Krunal Pandya. The move to drop Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t gone down too well with him either.
Taking to Twitter, Manjrekar wrote: “Rahul and Pant’s inconsistency with the bat inducing India (perhaps) to play Krunal Pandya – A bowler who bats. India would be a stronger team if Chahal plays & so does Krunal in place of a batsman. What do you guys think? #INDvAUS.”
Rahul and Pant’s inconsistency with the bat inducing India (perhaps)to play Krunal Pandya – A bowler who bats.
India would be a stronger tea﷽m if Chahal plays & so does Krunal in place of a batsman. What do you guys think?— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Rahul and Pant both have had a series to forget. Rahul 𝕴has not been able to make most his chances so far. He averages a meagre 13.50 while his strike rate is also under 100. He received a lot of flak on social media for his innings against Australia at th👍e SCG. Rahul struggled to get going and scored 14 runs off 20 balls before getting out to Glenn Maxwell.
Meanwhile, Pant also disappointed after he departed for a golden duck in the must-win game at Sydney. Pant played a pull shot off Andrew Tye, the ball did not have the pace he ℱwas looking to work with and only managed to top-edge it to the Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey who took the catch comfortably.
Therefore, Pant has become the first Indian wicketkeeper to get out for a golden duck in T20Is. The southpaw did not have a good series after he was picked ahead MS Dhoni for the tour. He was out for 20 o🙈ff 15 balls in the 1st T20I at The Gabba which India lost by four runs.
