Glad I learned from my mistakes and then took advantage of the opportunities: Rishabh Pant Cricket News – Times of India

Nottingham: extremely talented Rishabh Pant He is glad he has seen a lot of “ups and downs” and has grown into a player who has “learned from his mistakes” in his short but eventful international career.
Pant, who has recently recovered from COVID-19, is fit and ready to play his 22nd Test for India at the same venue (Trent Bridge) where he hit a huge six in 2018. Announced to come to the match field.
“It has been an amazing journey as I have seen a lot of ups and downs at the beginning of my career. As cricketers, you grow, learn from your mistakes and improve yourself and come back on the field and do well. perform.
“I am happy that I have learned from my mistakes and took advantage of whatever opportunity I got after that. I am happy,” Pant told BCCI.tv on Saturday.

Pant said that he is trying to learn from everyone in the leadership group to become a better player.
“I like to talk to Rohit bhai about the game like what we have done in the past matches and what we could have done. Also what should we do and look at the possible results in future games. What do I do in it? I can add my game.
“I also take technical input Virat bhai. Especially playing in England, standing up to the stumps or going back,” said the 23-year-old from Roorkee.
He wants to choose everyone’s mind to become better.
“I talk Sunday Brother (Shastri) because he has played enough cricket all over the world. Ash bhai (Ashwin), when he bowls, has an idea of ​​what the intentions of the batsman are.
“So as a batsman, I can ask the bowler what he is thinking. As a player, I want to learn from everyone.”
With more than 1400 runs at an average of 43 and three hundreds with 83 other dismissals with the gloves on, Pant is certainly one of the finest young players in the world, having won the Test series against Australia earlier this year. Was.
On top of this, he also had a stellar role during the home Test series against England, where he played an audacious reverse sweep. Jimmy Anderson. It all boils down to one’s “processes”.
“I think as a cricketer, I have evolved in the last one year, because (even if) you keep doing your procedures right, you don’t get results, but if you have faith in your process And keep doing it over and over again.
“I’ve been confident in my process and getting results and it’s a pleasure now.”
He remembers how he called his coach Tarak Sinha To inform him about his Test debut in 2018.
“I was only 19 when I got a chance to play Test cricket. I started in Nottingham. It was like a dream come true because my coach Tarak Sinha sir told me ‘if you are not a Test player,’ So I don’t count you as an international player’.
“So when I was picked for the Test match, I called him and said ‘Sir, I have fulfilled your dream’. It was a happy moment and then I scored a century at the Oval,” he recalled fondly .
Playing in England has its challenges and Pant believes that the stance of batting outside the crease to counter the swing helps his game.
“In England, you have to keep in mind that the ball will swing a lot. I have been standing outside the crease and using the crease inside and outside as well.
“Especially in situations like these, you have to have a little more respect for bowlers than elsewhere. That’s what I want to do as a batsman in Test matches,” he said.