Kohli bats for Rishabh Pant
HYDERABAD: Indian skipper Virat Kohli has backed under-fire Rishabh Pant, asserting that it was the team’s collective responsibility for everyone around" to help the wicketkeeper-batsman improve. Pant has drawn lot of flak in recent times due to his poor batting performances and DRS calls.
Pant will next play the West Indies in a three-match T20I series, starting on Friday in Hyderabad.
At the pre-match press conference on Thursday, Kohli defended Pant saying: "I think it's a collective responsibility for everyone around us as well to give that player (Rishabh Pant) some space.
"If he misses a chance or something, you know, people can't shout MS' (MS Dhoni) name in the stadium, it's not respectful if I have to put it that way, because no player would like that to happen. You're playing in your own country and you should get support, rather than thinking what mistake is he going to make, no one wants to be in that position," the Indian captain added.
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