Rishabh Pant vs Dinesh Karthik Asian Cup: Is Rishabh Pant a threat to Dinesh Karthik in the Asian Cup? Pant gave the correct answer.

Rishabh Pant vs Dinesh Karthik Asian Cup: India goalkeeper and batsman Rishabh Pant, when asked if he felt threatened by the presence of Dinesh Karthik in the Asian Cup squad, responded vehemently. Pant said that every player who plays for India always wants to give 100 per cent and doesn’t think too much about the team. The selection in the team depends on the captain and the coach, what combination they want to present to give the maximum benefit to the team.

For some time many critics and former cricketers have consistently said that India should choose between Rishabh and Dinesh Karthik so that the team can be balanced. Pant made this comment in response to the same veterans’ debate. Cricket pundits say that if both Pant and Karthik are given a place in the playing XI, then apart from Hardik Pandya only four bowlers will have a vacant place.

Rishabh Pant, while speaking to an Indian news channel, said: “We don’t think this way. As a player, we want to give our 100 per cent to the team. The rest is up with the captain and coach on how the team will benefit the most. .

Pant and Karthik have been part of the line-up together in the majority of the T20 International matches that have taken place since June. India had listed Pant and Karthik in the playing XI together in the T20 series at home against South Africa after IPL 2022. In the series held on the West Indies tour, both landed on the field together. In all these matches, Rishabh played the role of goalkeeper, while Karthik carved out a place for himself in the team as a specialist finisher.

India Team for Asian Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (Week), Dinesh Karthik (Week), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi