Pressure on ‘Senior Pro’ Rishabh Pant in England after captaincy defeat

Rishabh Pant comes on the banks of England with a point to prove in the 5-Test match series starting on Friday. The 27-year-old is no longer a trailblazing youth and has been promoted as a vice-captain for the India vs England series. The leadership has not been the strongest suit of him in recent times, and how India’s wicket-keeper performs, this can lead to a long way to define the IND vs.NG series.

What is Rishabh Pant so important in test cricket?

Rishabh Pant has been a mainstay in the Indian team since making his Test debut in 2018. He has two centuries in England, including a wonderful 146 in his last Test in the country. The absence of pants due to an accident scrambled India for options with KS India, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurall that all are at different turns.

Now the vice-captain, Rishabh Pant confirmed that he would bat at number 5. This is a situation that he has captured with great success over the years. In 26 innings at number 5, the left -handed batsman has 1301 runs, a stunning an average of 54.20. They have 9 fifty and 2 centuries, and they have scored at a fast pace of 82.34. Should the pants be settled, it is likely that India dominates with the bat in hand.

The pants have managed to gel aggravates with stability in the longest format. Since 2020, 27-year-old has been India’s major run-scorer in the format, an average of 41.39 runs with 2194. The fact that Pant still tops the list, despite the action of more than 18 months, underlines its importance to the test side. All the top-Six batsmen have played an average of 31.33 in 43 tests. Pant average 42.11.

Most of the runs for India in Test since 2020

Rishabh Pant’s ascension for leadership comes when his skills are said in question. In the recently concluded IPL 2025, 27 -year -old Lucknow was central for the conflict of Super veterans. After purchasing for a record of Rs 27 crore, Rishabh has only 1 innings, scoring in the last game of the season in the centenary. His LSG side finished 7th and was dropped from the playoff race before the last two matches of the season.

The pants struggled to explore the responsibilities of being a captain and a player, while the pressure of a huge value tag also played its role. It came in Australia after a middle border-gavaskar trophy. While he was central for India’s victory in 2021, he managed just one 50+ score in 5 tests.

Pressure on pants – Leader?

Pant was the vice-captain when he played in Bangladesh before his accident. He was being prepared a possible test captain under both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Now both have retired, but Baton has been passed to their junior in Shubman Gill. He is now just a senior batsman who is in the format despite being one of the best artists in India. However, he is eager to not influence seniority to his batting.

“See that this responsibility has been extracted, but at the same time when you are in the middle of the ground, you are not thinking,” Oh, I am a vice-captain. I am a senior player. ” You are just one batsman in the middle. Pant said at the press conference before the IND vs ENG 1st test.

With the emergence of Dhruv Jurael, Pant is not as safe in its place in the team. The young player broke 3 fifties for India’s Lions for India and had an average of 40 in his newborn test career for India. Whether pants should struggle, there are options in India, which were not always in the past. The IND vs ENG series comes to a point where Rishabh Pant needs to get out of the shadow.