Florida [US], Ahead of his team's ICC T20 World Cup group stage match against Canada, Indian fielding coach T Dilip praised wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant for his performance, who is back from international cricket after a life-threatening road accident in the past few days. Making a comeback in. -2022.

India will face Canada in their last group stage match of the tournament on Saturday in Florida. India have reached the Super Eights with three wins from three matches and a total of six points. Canada may now not qualify for the next stage, but they have performed well in their first T20 World Cup, finishing fourth with one win and two losses.

Speaking before the game in the pre-match press conference, Dilip said about Rishabh, "The best thing is that Rishabh has done so well in his comeback.Especially batting is considered very good. But one good thing about him is the way he has come back as a wicketkeeper, especially after the injury, coming back as a wicketkeeper and making lateral movements, it is very heartening to see.

Further, while replying on Pant's batting, he said that Pant tries to prepare for everything during the practice session and keeps his options ready.

In the three matches played in the tough conditions of Nassau County Stadium in New York, Pant scored 96 runs in three innings at an average of 48.00 and a strike rate of 124.67, with his best score being 42. He is India's top run-scorer. This tournament.

Talking about playing at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill Florida, Dilip said that the team has played at this venue before so he is a bit familiar with the conditions."Yes, the weather is challenging here, you don't know when the rains come and everything, but we are prepared for all these things. So, we are focusing on what we can control and at the moment, We can't control the weather conditions, so we're trying to prepare ourselves the best we can but we want a game to happen."

On playing cricket in the United States, Dilip said that it feels great to play the game where it is not the main game and added that there are many passionate fans in the United States as well.

"As an Indian cricketer, we never feel that we are away from home because most of the time we get that encouragement. But it is good to see cricket spreading across the country and especially in places like this. But while the infrastructure is getting better and I am sure with time the pitches will get better with the game, but as a group, we are enjoying here, whether in the game or off the field, we have been really good. Are.,

Squad:

Canada Team: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wk), Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Kaleem Sana, Dillon Heiliger, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon, Ryan Pathan, Nikhil Dutta, Rishiv. Raghav Joshi, Dilpreet Bajwa

Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson. , Yuzvendra Chahal.