Rishabh Pant added to India A squad for four-day matches in England

Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper-batsman has been drafted in the India A squad for their upcoming four-day matches in England which starts from July 4. Pant is currently a part of the limited-overs team which is playing the triangular series versus the England Lions and the Windies A. He scored one sparkling half-century in the opening match, but hasn’t quite been at his best in the matches thereafter.

The team, captained by Shreyas Iyer, is scheduled to play the Final tomorrow and will be keen to win the tournament, Pant will also want to contribute with the willow and help his team. Pant has had an eventful last one year. The first-class side, led by Karun Nair, will play a couple of Unofficial Tests versus the Windies A in Beckenham and Taunton respectively.

Pant’s golden chance

Thereafter, they will move to Worcester where they will lock horns with the England Lions in their only four-day fixture from July 16. Pant is renowned for playing the ambitious strokes and he will definitely present himself as a contender for an India recall provided he is able to make the opportunity count. The last one year has been pretty eventful for the Delhi-born cricketer.

He made his debut in 2017 versus England at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. He was also a part of the national squad for the Nidahas T20 tri-nation series in Sri Lanka, which the Men in Blue won. Pant played two matches after which he was sidelined owing to his lackluster show. Nevertheless, he made his mark in the IPL playing for the Delhi Daredevils where he made a mockery of some formidable bowling attacks.

Here is the India A squad

Karun Nair (Captain), R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Rishabh Pant

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