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Former Team India wicket-keeper batter Farokh Engineer recently appeared in a conversation with RevSportz and asked Rishabh Pant to play disciplined cricket in the ongoing Test series against England. Pant, who is known for producing unconventional shots, has continued his batting approach in this red-ball competition as well. Before the fourth Test at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, Engineer warned Pant for his batting style.
The ex-India stalwart has advised the 27-year-old to play proper cricketing shots in this series and save his risky strokes for the Indian Premier League (IPL). "Save those (unorthodox strokes) for IPL. Test cricket demands discipline. From a number three or four, you expect them to play proper cricket, get big scores, and build innings. He has the confidence and has gotten away with it often but he needs to be more responsible in crucial moments, like right before lunch or at the end of a day's play. Still, he's immensely talented. He invents his own shots, and thankfully, helmets allow that now. In our time, we wouldn't have had any teeth left," said Engineer to RevSportz.
Rishabh Pant’s performance in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025
Rishabh Pant has been in amazing touch with his bat in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025. In six innings of three games, he has accumulated 425 runs with a couple of hundreds and two fifties in six innings. With these numbers, he is the second-highest run-getter in the series, following his captain Shubman Gill.
In the first innings of the third Test, he suffered a finger injury while wicket-keeping. Despite the injury, he produced a 74-run knock from his bat. Team India supporters will want him to feature in their side’s playing XI for the upcoming Test in Manchester, to be kicked off from July 23.
