Dinesh Karthik Points Out Major Flaw In Rishabh Pant’s Wicketkeeping During 3rd Test

Rishabh Pant missed a run-out opportunity on the final ball of the 22nd over during New Zealand’s first innings in the third Test at the Wankhede Stadium. On the opening day of the game, Daryl Mitchell played a reverse sweep on the bowling of Washington Sundar. He ran the first one hard and asked his partner Will Young for a second run. Pant collected the ball at the striker’s end but failed to hit the stumps. What he failed to notice that Young was still around the halfway mark when he collected the ball. A good throw at the non-striker’s end could have caught the New Zealand batter short.

While analysing the missed chance, former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik pointed out that Pant needed game awareness and he should have taken one glove off to throw the ball at the other end.

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Dinesh Karthik ” Wicket keeper should be catious about runouts.

Rishabh Pant missed an easy runout opportunity here”

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“They (India) had their opportunity in the form of a run-out. Have a look at Will Young, he is thinking just a single. Rishabh Pant is the man you need to watch out for. He didn’t remove his glove and you can still see Will Young scrambling. If he had removed his gloves, have a look at where Young is and a throw down the non-striker’s end would have definitely been a much better chance. There was so much time and because Rishabh Pant didn’t remove his gloves there, he didn’t even have the opportunity to go at it at the other end. As a keeper, it is very important to be aware of what’s happening. And (I) must admit that Rishabh Pant did miss an opportunity there for a run-out,” said Karthik on-air.

India ended the opening day at 86 for 4, trailing New Zealand by 149 runs. India were solidly put at 78 for 1 at one stage but they lost three wickets in 8 balls to hand advantage to New Zealand. Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja claimed his 14th five-wicket haul in Test cricket as India made a remarkable comeback to bowl out New Zealand for 235 runs. With four wickets to his credit, Washington Sundar also helped the hosts’ cause. Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with a terrific 82, while Will Young hit 71 after New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and opted to bat.