Rahul, Pant and the tricky questions that keep coming

It's been a few months since KL Rahul completed a decade in international cricket. However, he's still thrown that trick question.

- Rasesh Mandani

DUBAI: "A very obvious question that comes my way," he says in an in-house BCCI video.

Rahul might have been talking about the constant shuffling of his batting position. It's not the only question that is frequently thrown at him. The 32-year-old is also quizzed whether he feels the pressure of holding his place with fellow wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant warming the bench.

Pant these days has to wait for his time in the nets. In India's Friday evening net session, he was listed to bat in the second round, usually reserved for the reserves or all-rounders. None of the regular bowlers would bowl to him. Only the net bowlers, and a bit of Ravindra Jadeja, once he had completed his batting net. Pant consistently took the leather off the ball, tonking it hard and long, leaving journalists and security guards scurrying for cover at the other end of the ground. If an opportunity arises, Pant would come with plenty of pent-up energy.