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‘Exceptional player…’: Former Indian cricketer speaks about Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul ahead of 2nd Test against England
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has shared his belief on Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul carrying their exceptional form and play centurial knocks in the 2nd Test against England.
Last Updated on - June 30, 2025 1:48 PM IST
Indian team lost the first match of the five-match Test series against England, which had a lot of picks to be taken from the game. Even though the lower-order batters could not manage to perform well, the top-order were the complete opposite. Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century, and Rishabh Pant scored a ton in both innings.
On this pattern, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar shared his belief on Rishabh Pant having to keep his form going on for the second Test against England. He also stated that KL Rahul also has no choice but to carry his great form through the entirety of the series.
“I think he (Rishabh Pant) will (carry his form to the second game) because it seems like he enjoys batting in Test cricket. Any batter who gets two hundreds in a Test match, it takes a lot out of you mentally, not so much physically, getting a hundred in the first innings, and 48 hours later, you have the same kind of reserve to get another hundred. So that is a hallmark of an exceptional player,” the former India batter said.
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“Rishabh Pant enjoys Test matches. He has not got enough runs. So he is hungry. I see Pant carrying his form, but there is another senior batter in the team, who now has got no choice but to carry his form right through the series. Indian cricket needs him badly, and KL Rahul cannot be a one-hundred wonder or a one-Test-match performer,” he added.
The second Test against England, which is set to begin July 2, is going to be a tough one for the Indian side, as they will be in the match without their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah- who is going to miss the 2nd and the 4th match of the series for his workload management.
Indian squad for the series:
Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC/wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav