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Captain's innings: Pant comes to the fore for Delhi
The Morning Standard
|December 27, 2025
WHILE all the focus has been on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s performances in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, another player that may also garner sizeable amount of attention is Rishabh Pant.
Rishabh Pant (L) in action against Gujarat on Friday
(SHASHIDHAR BYRAPPA)
The wicketkeeper-batter's high-risk, high-reward approach has made heads turn in Test cricket, but he has not had a similar impact in white-ball cricket. That lack of influence has put him in the background for some time now. When the national squad for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup was announced, Pant was clearly not part of the equation and it was far from a surprise to see his name missing. Such has been his predicament in the shorter formats in recent times.
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