Rishabh Pant is in the receiving end after providing an arrogant answer to commentator Harsha Bhogle who asked about his performance in white ball cricket. The cricketer said that he shouldn’t be compared with anyone as he is just 24 now and asked Harsha to make the comparisons when he turns 32 or above. Many fans of cricket game got irked with the answer provided by Pant and has been criticizing him ever since the video got released.

 

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The emerging left hand cricketer who is the only Indian keeper-batsman to have test hundreds in England, Australia and South Africa, is finding it difficult to cement his place in the limited over format of the game. For the past few months, Dinesh Karthik has been keeping wickets and in ODIs Sanju Samson is waiting to make a mark.

Ahead of third and final ODI against New Zealand, Harsha Bhogle questioned Pant about his contrasting white and red ball records. On seeing the answer provided by Pant, followers of the game felt that he is behaving a bit arrogant and is harsh indeed.

“I had asked the same question to Sehwag, now I will ask you. Looking at you, we get the feeling tha white ball cricket is your USP but it’s your Test record that is better” said Harsha Bhogle to Rishabh Pant in the pre match interview.

 

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“Sir, record are just numbers. My white ball record is not bad either” Pant was replying during which Harsha Bhogle interrupted and said “I’m not saying it’s bad, I’m comparing it with the rest numbers”

“Doing comparison is not a part of my life. I’m just 24-25 now, if you want to compare, you can do that when I’m 30-32” Rishabh Pant further said.

Watch the video below :

Rishabh Pant interview with Harsha Bhogle before 3rd ODI against NZ talking about rain, batting position, stats and scrutiny over T20i performance & WK drills. #NZvINDonPrime pic.twitter.com/TjOUdnPTCz

— S H I V A M 🇧🇷 (@shivammalik_) November 30, 2022

“Just saw the Harsha Bhogle bit with Rishabh Pant. Wow, Pant seem to have lost his cool when Harsha Bhogle just said that his Test record is the best as compared to other formats” a cricket fan said after watching the video whereas another one said “Somebody tell him he’s not gonna be playing until 32 with that attitude”

Check out some of the reactions below :

Somebody tell him he’s not gonna be playing until 32 with that attitude.

— Tayyab Zafar (@zafarnaama) November 30, 2022

Sanju Samson
Ishan kishan
Nitish Rana
Rahul tripathi
Yashaswi jaiswal
Ruturaj gaikwad

Just a list of players waiting to get 1% of the chances this lad got.

— Shashank Sharma (@besharm_a) November 30, 2022

Great innings by #RishabhPant .

I think after this innings BCCI should give captaincy to pant. #SanjuSamson #IndVsNZ pic.twitter.com/PR831JGm3Z

— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) November 30, 2022

Then play 3 years domestic cricket than come back with your form, many of the talents still waiting.

— Disha (@Disha__here) November 30, 2022

10(16)🔥🔥incredible innings🔥secured his place for next 10 matches. This is rishabh pant for you🔥haters step back😂#Rishabpant #SanjuSamson #BCCI pic.twitter.com/69GfOiLKfw

— Navaneeth (@Navanee31078282) November 30, 2022

unreal hate for rishabh pant, seems like people have forgotten that he has won us a couple of test matches 800 days ago

— vishal dayama (@VishalDayama) November 30, 2022

Indian cricket team has 10 players & Rishabh Pant. Always.

— Sreejith Panickar (@PanickarS) November 30, 2022

“Mera white ball record kharab nahi hai”, and Rishabh Pant gets out for 10. Actions speak louder than words. He #justiceforsanjusamson #INDvNZ #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/fyPKnC7NfA

— j̶a̶i̶s̶h̶ ( जैश) (@Jaishthebest) November 30, 2022

The bloke just assumes that it’s his right to be in the side. Maybe it’s his arrogance or the simple fact that’s he aware about BCCI’S favouritism towards him in order to jeopardize the likes of Sanju’s careers.#SanjuSamson #JusticeForSanjuSamson #Boycottbcci

— Joel John (@joel_john98) November 30, 2022