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Sunil Gavaskar wants Rishabh Pant to succeed Virat Kohli as Test skipper

Updated on: 17 January,2022 07:30 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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“For one reason only, just like Rohit Sharma was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians when Ricky Ponting stepped down, look at the change in his batting after that. Suddenly the responsibility of being captain made him convert those beautiful cameos of 30s, 40s and 50s into hundreds, 150s and 200s

Sunil Gavaskar wants Rishabh Pant to succeed Virat Kohli as Test skipper

Sunil Gavaskar. Pic/Ashish Raje

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar wants Rishabh Pant to succeed Virat Kohli as the next India Test captain as he believes a sense of responsibility will make the glovesman a better cricketer in all forms of the game.


“If you ask me, I am still staying, I would look at Rishabh Pant as next India captain,” Gavaskar told India Today.



“For one reason only, just like Rohit Sharma was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians when Ricky Ponting stepped down, look at the change in his batting after that. Suddenly the responsibility of being captain made him convert those beautiful cameos of 30s, 40s and 50s into hundreds, 150s and 200s.


“I think that sense of responsibility given to Rishabh Pant will help him score many more of that wonderful hundred he scored at Newlands,” he added.

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