The much awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be starting from November 22, Australia’s new skipper Pat Cummins has termed Rishabh Pant as India’s X-factor in the middle order. Pant returns to Test cricket after an almost year-long absence since December 2022, having recently made a comeback into the Bangladesh series.
Rishabh Pant The ‘X-Factor’ Against Australia
Since his comeback, the 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batter scored a century against Bangladesh and barely missed another in the first Test against New Zealand, finishing with an entertaining 99 in Bengaluru. But still India lost the game by eight wickets.
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“Rishabh had a great series here in Australia last time. He’s always a bit of that X-factor in the middle order. You never quite know what you’re going to get, which is exciting, even as the opposition. And he’s always got something to say behind the stumps—he’s very funny, makes me laugh,” said Cummins.
Cameron Green’s Unavailability A Big Challenge For Aussies
“As for Cam Green, he’s a big loss for us. Not only for his batting, but he’s probably the best gully fielder I’ve ever seen, and a great bowler we need as well, so we’re really going to miss him,” said Cummins.
Talking about Pant’s unpredictability, which makes him a challenge to the opposition, Rishabh Pant is always unpredictable and makes things exciting for the opposition, Cummins mentioned to Star Sports while doing Border-Gavaskar Trophy Specials. He explained further about his liveliness behind the stumps when he described him as chatty and funny.
Australia will, however miss out on Cameron Green, who has been ruled out for surgery due to a stress fracture. Cummins concedes that losing Green is going to be a big hit because of the fact that he impacts all facets of the game.
