Ravichandran Ashwin Picks Best Defensive Player of World Cricket: Former Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin praised star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and said that “his defense is the best in world cricket.” Recently, Pant’s performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia was disappointing. Till the fourth Test, he remained in the headlines for playing bad shots and losing his wicket, but in the final match, he got praise for showing two colors of cricket by scoring 40 runs in 98 balls and then 61 runs in 33 balls. During the fourth Test in Melbourne, Pant played an innings of 30 runs in 104 balls while chasing the target of 340 runs, in which he showed a lot of patience.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin said that Pant is rarely out while defending the ball and even in the nets, he is not out leg-before-wicket and rarely bowls the ball to the middle. Fail to do. The former cricketer said, “Pant rarely gets out while playing defence. He has one of the best defense in world cricket. Defense has become a challenging aspect, he has excellent defense with a soft hand. I have seen him bat in the nets. He has not bowled a lot, he has not got an edge, his defense is the best, one opinion I have told him is that he is very good. play all the shots Yes, he has to struggle in Test cricket.”

During the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Pant scored 255 runs in five matches and nine innings at an average of 28.33 and a strike rate of 59.02 with one half-century. He was the sixth highest run scorer in the series. India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-3, losing by six wickets after setting Australia a target of 162 runs in the fifth and final Test in Sydney. With this defeat, India is officially out of the race for the final of the ICC World Test Championship to be held at Lord’s in June next year, as Australia and South Africa have secured their berths.