New Delhi: Indian star player Rishabh Pant met with a serious accident on Friday. Rishabh has suffered many serious injuries in this accident. However, his condition is improving. This year has been very bad for Indian cricketers. Looking at Rishabh’s injury, it is being speculated that he will not be able to play cricket for a long time. Rishabh Pant is an A grade player of BCCI. In such a situation he plays all three formats for India. In Rishabh’s absence, there are a few players who can take his place. Many times these players have played for India in Rishabh’s absence. In such a situation, who are the players who can replace Rishabh in Team India?
Talking about Team India, except Rishabh hardly any player is keeping wicket for India in all three formats. In such a situation BCCI can give different players in white ball and red ball. Team India has options in the form of Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan for white ball cricket ie ODIs and T20 Internationals. Both these players recently gave a strong performance for India. In such a situation BCCI may consider the names of these players.
Ishan Kishan scored a brilliant double century during the recently played series against Bangladesh. Rishabh Pant has failed to perform well in white ball cricket for a long time. This is the reason why BCCI used to prepare these players from time to time. Today these players are fully prepared to replace Rishabh. Rishabh was also dropped from the Sri Lanka series scheduled for January 2023.
Hard to find a replacement for Rishabh in Tests
Rishabh Pant has been performing brilliantly in Test cricket for some time now. Pant has been a consistent part of the Test team squad. This year he has played all Test matches for India. In such a situation, it seems difficult to find an alternative to Rishabh Pant in Test cricket. BCCI has not tried any player except Rishabh in Test cricket. It is difficult to say which player can replace him. However, Srikar Bharat is one player BCCI can think of. The WTC final is scheduled to be played in England in June 2023. Most likely India will play in its final. If Rishabh fails to make a comeback by then, India will have to draft a replacement as soon as possible.