Indian spin legend R Ashwin believes that Rishabh Pant will score a century in every game if the Indian wicket-keeper batsman manages to curb his extravagance and enthusiasm as he has got “one of the best defences” in world cricket. While praising Pant’s ability to single-handedly turn a match on its head, Ashwin said many of his shots are high-risk, not allowing him to realize his full potential. Pant recently scored the second-fastest Test fifty by an Indian during the fifth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Sydney, after a hard-fought 40 in the first innings of the same game.

“We have to tell him properly what to do if he has to bat solidly or bat with intent. He hasn’t scored many runs, but he hasn’t played like anybody without runs. has a lot of time on his hands and Rishabh Pant is yet to realize his full potential,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

“He’s got all the shots — reverse sweeps, slug sweeps, everything — but the problem is that all those shots are high-risk shots. With his defense, if he faces 200 balls, he’s going to hit every match. I will definitely score runs.

“It’s all about finding that middle game. If he puts them all together, he’ll score 100 runs in every match. He has to find that middle game,” added the recently retired cricketer. The retired cricketer added:

Pant had a mixed innings in the two innings of the SCG Test, as his 98-ball 40 in the first was followed by a 33-ball 61 in the second. The keeper, though, could not do an encore of his feats in the 2020-21 BGT, when he led India to a famous win in the series decider at the Gabba, known as Australia’s citadel till then.

While Pant is known for his penchant for playing wide shots, Ashwin was not surprised by the keeper’s strong innings in the first article.

“I’ve always grown up hearing how you fought him. In Sydney, he played two different knocks in one game. He hit all over the place and scored 40, Rishabh Pant’s lowest. A spoken innings would be unfair

“In the second innings, he scored a brilliant fifty, which earned him a lot of praise. Everyone forgot about that first innings and praised him for the second innings,” Ashwin pointed out.

Talking about Pant’s defensive technique, Ashwin said that he is one of the best players in the field and ranked the Indian as the best batsman in the last seven years along with Joe Root and Steve Smith. appears, when batting has “become significantly more difficult and averages have come down.” Defense is challenging Has become a side, he has excellent defense with a soft hand.

“I have bowled a lot in front of him in the nets, he doesn’t get out, he doesn’t get an edge, he doesn’t get lbw, he has the best defence. I have tried to tell him. Rishabh K. “One of the comments was that he plays a lot of shots, he has to fight in Test cricket,” Ashwin said.

“Test cricket is playing according to the conditions. In the last seven years, batting has become quite difficult from 2018 to 2025. But, in the WTC cycle, the batting average has come down.

“Joe Root is in his own zone. Williamson of course… Smith has rediscovered it. What we realize is that Rishabh Pant has played this time.” Ashwin, 38, who retired from international cricket in the middle of BGT, said he will continue to play the game.

“It was about me as an Indian cricketer, that’s over. But Ashwin as a cricketer is not over yet. I think he still has some distance to go.

“I think I can talk about my personal decision with some time. In fact, I want to document my entire story as an Indian cricketer.”

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