Rishabh Pant, when asked what Indians thought of Bazball, replied: “We’re not thinking about that too much!”
He has been away from the sport he loves for over a year now, but that has not dulled Rishabh Pant’s sense of humour.
As he prepares to show off his full range of strokes on the cricket field when he makes a comeback in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals, he displayed his full range of verbal comebacks on a podcast with Australian legend Adam Gilchrist and former England cricketer Michael Vaughan.
Invited for the Club Prairie Fire podcast, co-hosted by Vaughan and Gilchrist, Pant, who is known for his entertaining comments from behind the stumps, was asked how we would try to get under the skin of the two cricketing greats.
Vaughan then asked Pant if he had any advice for the England cricket team, which will be travelling to Australia next year for the Ashes, since India had managed to defeat Australia in Australia.
“They already know what they need to do. As a batsman, I would say a simple thing, instead of punching the ball, look to cut the ball. That’s what I would say (to England’s Bazballers). Because when you punch the ball there is more chances of you getting caught, or just getting out. Australia is the best place for cuts and pulls. The fuller ball will not disturb you much. Mostly it’s going to be back of length. These guys bowl the fuller ball littler wider off the off stump. In England, you can punch the ball in a better way.”
