Aakash Chopra On Rishabh Pant: The Duleep Trophy is starting from 5 September. At the same time, the final of this tournament will be played from 24 September. Apart from players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravichandran Ashwin, almost all the big players will play in the Duleep Trophy. There will be 4 teams in the Duleep Trophy, which have been named India A, B, C and D. The captains of these four teams will be Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhimanyu Easwaran.
‘Rishabh Pant was once a strong contender to take over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma, but…
Apart from this, the matches of the tournament will be played in Anantapur. This time the format of Duleep Trophy has been changed. Meanwhile, former India player Aakash Chopra has given a big statement. Actually, India B team will have players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant, but the captaincy has been given to Abhimanyu Easwaran. Aakash Chopra has expressed surprise at Pant not being made the captain. He said that Rishabh Pant was once a strong contender to take over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma, but due to an unfortunate accident this did not happen.
‘Is Rishabh Pant not even a candidate for Test captaincy…’
Aakash Chopra further says that Pant captained the Delhi Capitals when he returned to competitive cricket during IPL 2024. After this, he asks in a questioning tone, has Pant’s position dropped down? Rishabh Pant is not the captain, he has been selected in Abhimanyu Easwaran’s team, he is playing under the captaincy of Abhimanyu Easwaran, which is absolutely fine. However, is Rishabh Pant not a candidate for Test captaincy either? I am a little surprised.
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