The former Chairman of the National Selection Committee, Syed Kirmani, is also among the persons who raised questions over Rishabh Pant’s batting tendency. Kirmani suggests the southpaw perform with the bat sensibly.
Notably, throughout his career with the national cricket team, Rishabh Pant has more boundaries in Tests than in the other two formats. While the batter hit 111 fours and 44 maximums in 66 T20I innings, there are 378 fours and 96 sixes during 87 innings in Tests.
Pant is recognised as the X-Factor of India's Test team
There were some moments of brilliance by the middle-order batter, but in the way he lost most of the wickets in the format, he became a talking point. Even when the team needed him the most in the middle, he was not shy to take the aerial routes, which allowed the opposing sides to find him off-guard.
His temperament is very vulnerable, turbulent: Syed Kirmani
The 76-year-old mentions that no one borns hitter. A batter’s duty is to act according to the situation and the demands of the conditions of a match.
Syed Kirmani said : "Rishabh has to work hard on his physical fitness, consistency and temperament. His temperament is very vulnerable, turbulent. No player can say 'I am a born hitter, I have to hit every ball'. You might have that particular day when you get rid of every ball… pic.twitter.com/dnI9KDTabv
— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) June 11, 2026Notably, ahead of the one-off Test, the national selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, took the leadership role from Pant. He was the vice-captain in the format. Ahead of the Afghanistan series, the selectors appointed Pant only as a keeper-batter and appointed KL Rahul as the deputy of the skipper, Shubman Gill.
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