There are several contenders for that spot, including Rishabh Pant, Isha Kishan, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma and Dhruv Jurel. England's 2019 Men's ODI World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan has backed Pant to be the preferred choice for the wicketkeeper-batsman slot in the Indian team for the T2 World Cup.
“It would be Rishabh Pant, because of the player he is. I don't think he'll have any problems in any way after coming back from that car accident. For me, he is a very destructive player and is also left-handed.The role that a left-handed batsman can play in the middle-order will also put him under a huge amount of pressure unlike typical right-handed batsmen,” Morgan, an IPL expert, said in a virtual interaction organized by digital broadcasters JioCinema.
Nearly 15 months after suffering from various injuries, including a life-threatening car accident, reconstruction of right knee ligaments in December 2022, Pant made his debut in competitive cricket action through Delhi Capitals' first game against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on March 23. Made a comeback.
Pant's scores so far in IPL 2024 for DC have been 18, 28, 51, 55 and 1, coming at an average of 30.60 and a strike-rate of 154.54. He has shown signs of being back to his best form with bat and gloves, taking four catches and making one stumping in the competition. In 66 T20Is for India, Pant has scored 987 runs at an average of 22.43 and a strike-rate of 126.37, including three half-centuries.Right after the IPL 2024 ends on May 26, everyone's attention will immediately turn to the Men's T20 World Cup, which will be hosted by the USA and West Indies from June 1-29. India will enter the tournament aiming to add their second T20 World CU title after winning the inaugural edition in 2007.
But India's recent record in the T20 World Cup has not been encouraging - failing to make the semi-finals in 2021 and suffering a ten-wicket defeat by event champions England in the semi-finals of the 2022 edition.
Morgan, who won the 2010 T20 World Cup with England, believes India's biggest challenge will be the United States when they begin their campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County Stadium in New York's Eisenhower Park in June. America and the West Indies will have to quickly adjust to the proposed conditions. 5.
“In the context of the upcoming T20 World Cup, I see India's biggest challenge to adapt to the conditions.They will play Ireland and Pakistan (as well as the USA) in New York, on a pitch we don't know what it will be like. “This will be a new stadium, which should be a spectacular and outstanding venue.”
“But they will be playing on a pitch that we have no prior knowledge of. For me, this can cause problems because the hardest thing about winning away from home is how you play the conditions. This can be difficult especially in T20. Therefore, the tournament is slowly moving towards the Caribbean islands en masse.,
“But if you ask me about the tournament and a template of how you as a team need to win, be clear in your roles and how you want to achieve things, that will help you in the next stages of the competition. Will help in gaining confidence. Therefore, the biggest challenge for them will be to adapt to the conditions in the United States and the West Indies,” he concluded.
“It would be Rishabh Pant, because of the player he is. I don't think he'll have any problems in any way after coming back from that car accident. For me, he is a very destructive player and is also left-handed.The role that a left-handed batsman can play in the middle-order will also put him under a huge amount of pressure unlike typical right-handed batsmen,” Morgan, an IPL expert, said in a virtual interaction organized by digital broadcasters JioCinema.
Nearly 15 months after suffering from various injuries, including a life-threatening car accident, reconstruction of right knee ligaments in December 2022, Pant made his debut in competitive cricket action through Delhi Capitals' first game against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on March 23. Made a comeback.
Pant's scores so far in IPL 2024 for DC have been 18, 28, 51, 55 and 1, coming at an average of 30.60 and a strike-rate of 154.54. He has shown signs of being back to his best form with bat and gloves, taking four catches and making one stumping in the competition. In 66 T20Is for India, Pant has scored 987 runs at an average of 22.43 and a strike-rate of 126.37, including three half-centuries.Right after the IPL 2024 ends on May 26, everyone's attention will immediately turn to the Men's T20 World Cup, which will be hosted by the USA and West Indies from June 1-29. India will enter the tournament aiming to add their second T20 World CU title after winning the inaugural edition in 2007.
But India's recent record in the T20 World Cup has not been encouraging - failing to make the semi-finals in 2021 and suffering a ten-wicket defeat by event champions England in the semi-finals of the 2022 edition.
Morgan, who won the 2010 T20 World Cup with England, believes India's biggest challenge will be the United States when they begin their campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County Stadium in New York's Eisenhower Park in June. America and the West Indies will have to quickly adjust to the proposed conditions. 5.
“In the context of the upcoming T20 World Cup, I see India's biggest challenge to adapt to the conditions.They will play Ireland and Pakistan (as well as the USA) in New York, on a pitch we don't know what it will be like. “This will be a new stadium, which should be a spectacular and outstanding venue.”
“But they will be playing on a pitch that we have no prior knowledge of. For me, this can cause problems because the hardest thing about winning away from home is how you play the conditions. This can be difficult especially in T20. Therefore, the tournament is slowly moving towards the Caribbean islands en masse.,
“But if you ask me about the tournament and a template of how you as a team need to win, be clear in your roles and how you want to achieve things, that will help you in the next stages of the competition. Will help in gaining confidence. Therefore, the biggest challenge for them will be to adapt to the conditions in the United States and the West Indies,” he concluded.
