Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was once again on the hit list of fans after he was unable to put a formidable score in India's chase against West Indies in the series decider match on Sunday.
Despite two brilliant innings in the first two games, Pant failed to carry his form in Cuttack. He found a thick under-edge off Keemo Paul's back of the length delivery, that crashed on to his stumps reducing India to 201 for four after 35 overs. Pant could only add seven runs to the scoreboard.
Earlier in the match, West Indies posted 315/5 in the first innings as Nicholas Pooran hit 89 off 64 balls. His innings included 10 fours and three sixes. On the other hand, skipper Kieron Pollard smashed 74 off 51 balls. His innings was laced by three fours and seven sixes.
Twitter as usual was full of criticism for the Delhi batsman. Here are the top trolls who targeted Rishabh Pant after his early dismissal:-
Rishabh pant 2G scam se bhi bada scam hai
— Ash (@Ash_0588) December 22, 2019
#INDvWI#RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/RS4hqIXF22
— Jaipal Abhishek Singh (@JaipalabhishekS) December 22, 2019
Wonderful Keeping (5Catches Excellent Marvellous )& Wonderful Batting by Rishabhpant(Bowled - 7Runs)👌👌👌
— VJ Shanky (@Riarajashankar) December 22, 2019
Good Selection MSK
Proud moment for @imVkohli & @BCCI @SGanguly99
#INDvWIN
Need of the hour is to take march for ouster of Rishabh Pant !#DroppedCatch #Poorbatting
— Ashok Kumar (@Imashok) December 22, 2019
I always wait for #RishabhPant to get out and twitter starts trending and will give Kohli some sense to drop him
— Unmesh Madke (@Unmesh25) December 22, 2019
There are people in india who are
— Himanshu Rathore🇮🇳 (@Himansh_ravi) December 22, 2019
- Overrated
-Highly overrated
And then comes Rishabh Pant#RishabhPant
New selection policy of @BCCI
— Darshan Suresh (@darshsuri) December 22, 2019
For other cricketers - Perform excellently and consistently in domestic tournaments and get into India team.
For #RishabhPant - You have talent so directly practice cricket in International matches n score as much runs you want.#INDvWI @imVkohli
Poor talented Rishabh Pant couldn’t score again due to fans putting lots of pressure on him. pic.twitter.com/yAaH0YVZfX
— Darshan Shah (@darshanshah037) December 22, 2019
@RishabhPant17 again and again prooves that he is still an immature cricketer#RishabhPant #INDvWI
— Sanskari Launda 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@verysanskari) December 22, 2019