How Rishabh Pant spent an hour tonking the ball after Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy match ended, working towards white-ball consistency

Rishabh Pant

After Delhi vs Andhra ended, Pant took guard at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence and what followed for the next hour or more was the left-hander indulging in some excellent ball-striking

Soon after Delhi wrapped up a convincing win over Andhra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy opening round, their captain Rishabh Pant walked to the centre wicket to have an open net session. While all eyes have been on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Pant knows how important this tournament is for his white-ball career, where he is currently caught in the middle of nowhere. A back-up to KL Rahul in ODIs, he will have to watch the T20 World Cup from afar, with Ishan Kishan taking the second wicketkeeper slot.

At roughly around 4.30 PM on Wednesday, Pant took guard at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence and what followed for the next hour or more was the left-hander indulging in some excellent ball-striking. Even though the rest of his teammates were enjoying a moment with Kohli in the dressing room, Pant was tonking sixes in the middle. With one of Delhi’s coaching staff hurling the white-ball with a side-arm and off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen bowling, he would try pacing his game.