IND vs SA: KL Rahul out Rishabh Pant enter; batting coach statement

After two wins, India looks good to make it to the semi-final of the on-going T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Rohit Sharma lead Team India will take on South Africa in their next Super 12 clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Perth on Sunday, October 30. IND vs SA: KL Rahul out Rishabh Pant enter; batting coach statement.

Team India Vice-captain KL Rahul has been out of form in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 as he has recorded scores of 4 and 9 against Pakistan and Netherlands. Rahul has found going tough at the top of the order and he has not been able to rotate strike freely as well.

There have been calls for trying out Rishabh Pant at the top of the order, considering is currently warming the bench as Dinesh Karthik is being preferred ahead of him as the wicketkeeper. India batting coach Vikram Rathour addressed a press conference on Saturday, and he was asked whether Rishabh Pant can be tried out as an opener instead of KL Rahul for IND vs SA match.

Replying to the question, Rathour said: “No, we’re not really thinking that. Two games, I don’t think that’s a good enough sample size anyways. KL Rahul been batting really well and he’s batted really well in the practice games, also, so we’re not looking at any such thing at the moment.”

Talking about Rohit Sharma lead India’s new attacking approach in T20Is, Rathour said: “We are looking to adapt. Of course, playing with intent is always the goal. We are looking to score runs whenever we can. But then we need to keep in account the conditions that we are playing on, the surfaces we are playing on.”

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“I don’t think these are 200, 200-plus wickets, so we’ll need to adapt, and I think we have done pretty well in that regard so far,” he added. Virat Kohli has been in good touch in the ongoing T20 World Cup as he has registered scores of 82 not out and 62 not out against Pakistan and Netherlands.