Rishabh Pant Opened With Rohit Sharma In 2nd ODI; This Happened After 11 Years
In an interesting move by the Indian team management, Rishabh Pant was asked to open the innings in the 2nd ODI vs West Indies at Narendra Modi Stadium. Pant opened the innings for the first time since his U19 days.
While it has been nearly six years for Pant to open the innings but it has been more than a decade since an Indian wicket-keeper opened the innings along with the captain in ODIs.
The last time an Indian captain and wicketkeeper opened the ODI innings was back in 2011 - Parthiv Patel and Virender Sehwag. It was also against West Indies and at Ahmedabad.
Last two ODIs where India had captain and wicketkeeper opening the batting:
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 9, 2022
2022 - Rohit & Pant (vs WI at Ahmedabad)
2011 - Parthiv & Sehwag (vs WI at Ahmedabad)#INDvWI
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