“He’s a field workplace cricketer”

Former England captain Nasser Hussain is hopeful that Indian keeper-batter Rishabh Pant might be making a robust comeback in 2024, after his restoration from a automotive accident he was concerned in final yr. Hussain described Pant as a “field workplace” cricketer and expressed his hope that he could be the identical participant he was earlier than his damage.

Pant (26) had a fortunate escape after he was severely injured in a automotive accident that befell on the morning of December 30, 2022. The stumper’s automotive collided with a divider on the Delhi-Dehradun freeway.

The keeper-batter has made spectacular progress in the course of the rehabilitation interval. Based on experiences, he might return to cricket forward of the 2024 T20 World Cup in USA and the West Indies.

Sharing his ideas on Pant’s horrific accident and his restoration, Hussain was quoted as saying by the ICC

“That was such a critical accident. The entire world held its breath and it has been a gradual restoration. You comply with on social media, on my telephone and the preliminary first strolling steps to then scenes within the gymnasium after which scenes of him enjoying a little bit of cricket, scenes of him with Ricky (Ponting). I travelled with Ricky in the summertime within the Ashes, and Ricky was texting him ‘how’s the progress coming alongside’, and he’s a field workplace cricketer.”

In Pant’s absence, David Warner captained Delhi Capitals (DC) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 version. The previous attended the mini-auction in Dubai earlier this month, however there are conflicting experiences about his availability for IPL 2024.

“They’re fortunate to have each of them” – Hussain on Rahul filling in for Pant

With Pant out of motion, India backed KL Rahul as their keeper-batter for the ODI World Cup and the latter delivered the products, smashing 452 runs within the event at a mean of 75.33. Based on Hussain, India are fortunate to have each Pant and Rahul.

“India have achieved effectively with out him (Pant) as KL has are available in and been good in all codecs. They’re going to proceed to be good. They’re fortunate to have each of them, however Rishabh Pant, earlier than his damage, was field workplace, and hopefully after his damage, might be field workplace as effectively,” the previous England captain commented.

Pant has to date performed 33 Assessments, 30 ODIs and 66 T20Is, scoring 2271, 865 and 987 runs respectively.