Receiving a hero’s welcome on his return to New Delhi, Team India stumper, Rishabh Pant stated that he feels ‘amazing’ when people draw comparisons with legend MS Dhoni but he reiterated the fact that he wants to make a name for himself in Indian cricket. Pant was one of the pivotal members of the Indian squad which went onto win the historic Border Gavaskar Trophy after breaching the Gabba fortress in the final Test of the series. This was India’s 2nd Test series win in Australia on a trot.
"You feel amazing when you are compared to someone like MS Dhoni and you compare me with him," Pant told reporters after his arrival in Delhi from Australia. Pant scored a match-winning 87 in the 2nd innings of the final Test and stayed there till the end as India won the Test by 3 wickets with 3 overs still left in the day’s play. Pant finished as India’s leading run-scorer in the Test series and in the process also became the fastest to 1000 Test runs by any Indian keeper breaking MSD’s record. However, he doesn’t want to be compared with anyone.
"It's amazing but I don't want to be compared with anyone, I want to make myself as a name in Indian cricket because it's not good to compare some legend with some youngster," Pant said.
Pant played quite a few breezy knocks during the course of the series which also included a magical 97 in the 3rd Test in Sydney which gave India a realistic chance of chasing down the target of 407. However, injuries to Ashwin and Vihari didn’t allow them to go after the target but the duo played some terrific cricket in the last session to draw the Test. Pant who scored 274 runs in just 5 innings just wants to savour the moment for years to come.
"I think the whole team is very happy with the way we played the series in Australia," he said. The feat of India is quite staggering especially given the fact that was bowled out for 36 in Australia and didn’t field even their 2nd XI in the final Test.
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