On day three of the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, against Scott Boland in the 56th over, Pant had tried playing a falling scoop shot, but inside-edged the ball to his stomach and fell on the ground. Australia skipper Pat Cummins had placed fielders in the deep in fine leg and third man in case Pant repeated that shot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It did happen that way as on the next ball Pant tried the same shot, but to his horror, this time the top-edge went to Nathan Lyon at deep third man, as the left-handed batter was dismissed for 28 off 37 balls, leaving India at 191\/5 and were trailing Australia by 283 runs, though they managed to avoid the follow-on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In his Test career, Pant has garnered a reputation for making runs through unorthodox strokeplay, but his dismissal in Melbourne reopened the debate over whether that shot was to be played or not, as per what India\u2019s situation was.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While a livid Sunil Gavaskar slammed Pant and felt he let down India badly by throwing away his wicket, Parthiv had a different take, though he also said the shot wasn\u2019t fine as per the situation the visitors\u2019 were in first session\u2019s play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere are two sides to it \u2013 the time when Rishabh Pant had stepped out to play a blazing shot in the Adelaide Test, we were cheering for these strokes. Then we saw the reverse scoop and a few more strokes in his arsenal. My view is, the people who praised Rishabh Pant\u2019s approach at that time, then they don\u2019t have the right to be critical towards him over the shot he got out, because this is the way he bats.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cPlus, whenever he gets out, he will look this way and questions will always be raised over it. Yes, I do agree that it wasn\u2019t the shot as per what the situation wanted, but this is the way Rishabh Pant plays. We also need to see if this approach from Pant has made India win matches or how many times has that helped India come out of tough situation in the game.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut if he\u2019s getting out like this consistently and is costing the team big time, then a discussion on it is needed. In today\u2019s game, the shot wasn\u2019t as per the demand of that situation. But when you shower praise on his approach and say he plays in a different way and reverse-sweeps the fast-bowler to execute it either for a four or six, he will also get out in the similar fashion, and an assessment of it can be done by seeing a big sample size,\u201d said Parthiv on Cricbuzz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also felt there was an element of restlessness when Pant and Ravindra Jadeja running between the wickets during the 32-run stand for the sixth wicket. \u201cThis is the way he will play his shots, and if we are to criticise him for playing these kind of shots, then we shouldn\u2019t be appreciating if it comes off in future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cKeeping this shot aside, there was an element of restlessness in running between the wickets by Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja. The confusion was evident in them taking singles and the mix-ups that almost happened in a run-out.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also felt there was an element of restlessness when Pant and Ravindra Jadeja running between the wickets during the 32-run stand for the sixth wicket. \u201cThis is the way he will play his shots, and if we are to criticise him for playing these kind of shots, then we shouldn\u2019t be appreciating if it comes off in future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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