'We had Dhoni but if Pant continues to play like this .... ': Ex-India cricketer

Former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwari has expressed precocious praise for India's vice-captain Rishabh Pant, suggesting helium could go history's top wicketkeeper if helium maintains his distinctive playing style.Pant has made a important interaction successful the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, scoring 416 runs crossed 5 innings, including 2 centuries astatine Headingley."Rishabh Pant is unique, helium has his ain benignant of play. His reasoning and attack are antithetic to batters which causes an unpredictable contention betwixt the batters and bowlers. He sometimes does propulsion his wicket which causes disapproval but his occurrence complaint is high.

If a wicket-keeper is contributing 100 runs, historically Indian wicket-keeper batters person not been palmy with the bat," Tiwari told IANS.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"We person had immoderate large keepers similar Adam Gilchrist, who was large down the stumps and with the bat, successful Indian conditions, we had MS Dhoni but I judge if helium continues to play similar this, helium volition spell down arsenic the top wicket-keeper successful history," helium added.

In the existent five-Test series, Pant holds the 2nd presumption successful run-scoring down skipper Shubman Gill. He has breached aggregate records astatine Edgbaston and accumulated 601 runs successful the series.

"Gill is successful precise bully signifier and has made immoderate method adjustments. In earlier Test matches, helium utilized to get bowled by incoming deliveries but helium has worked connected closing the spread betwixt bat and ball. The payment for that is helium is capable to play consecutive down the wicket.

He is successful power and successful large form. It seems similar helium has added the work of being a skipper portion betting. It is large to spot a young batter pb the team," added Tiwari.Jasprit Bumrah, the top-ranked bowler, returned to the Indian squad astatine Lord's Test aft missing the Edgbaston Test owed to workload management. He replaced Prasidh Krishna successful the team.Bumrah secured figures of 5/74, earning his spot connected the Lord's Honours Board."When Bumrah is playing, helium is usually the champion performer connected the field. The signifier with which helium is bowling it seems helium volition proceed to occupation the batters. His quality with the shot and his IQ connected the tract is amazing. He has been India's main antheral crossed each formats. When helium is successful the team, the self-belief of the broadside is overmuch more," Tiwari said.