Sanju Samson may be removed from the T20 team. There is news that if Samson is not able to do well, then the Indian team management can turn to Rishabh Pant for wicketkeeper in T20. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Samson has scored three centuries in T20, but after coming to the middle order, his bat has remained silent. He was given a chance at number-3 in the second T20 against Australia, but was out after scoring only 2 runs.

According to Telecom Asia Sport, the team management led by Gautam Gambhir wants Rishabh Pant to be made the wicketkeeper in all formats. Samson’s form remains a matter of concern for Team India. This year he has been able to score only 185 runs in 10 innings, and the strike rate during this period has been around 121.

The source said that Gautam Gambhir wants good results, in such a situation only regular good performance will be able to secure Samson’s place. The report also revealed that if Samson is not able to perform impressively in the next series, then it will be difficult for him to make a place in the World Cup team.

Samson has not played Test and ODI matches for a long time, so if he is dropped from the T20 team too, it would be like ending his career. Because after being dropped it will be very difficult for him to make a comeback.

Rishabh Pant has returned

Rishabh Pant suffered a fracture in his toe during the Test series against England. Pant has finally made a comeback after 3 months of recovery. He is currently captaining India A in the unofficial Test series against South Africa A. Pant has not played any T20 match after July 2024, during which he has been given the vice-captaincy of the Test team.

One reason for the decline in Samson’s form is that after the return of Shubman Gill, he was suddenly kept in the middle order from the opening. Since then, Samson has been unable to play big innings.

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India vs England confirmed the fracture in the leg of Rishabh Pant on the second day of the fourth Test, but the Indian vice -captain took a bold decision and came out to bat. When he was coming on the field, the audience present at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground stood and played applause. Pant won the hearts of the fans by batting despite being a fracture, the veterans also praised his passion. Pant made a significant contribution in reaching Team India’s score to 358 by playing a half -century innings.

Praising Rishabh Pant, Sanjay Manjrekar said on Geographstar, “When you do it as Anil Kumble decided to play a bandage on the jaw, these are the moments of history that you will remember even after 50 years. It shows how committed to play for India.”

Rishabh Pant wants to leave his mark in the test

Sanjay Manjrekar said, “There is something special in the Test, especially when it is in England. How much attention is given to you as a cricketer, he wants to give his best here. If you think that he does not have the same impact in the cricket of the limited overs, then this is probably the reason. Because Rishabh Pant wants to leave his mark in more Test cricket than other formats.”

Here comes rishabh pant …

A Classy Reception from the Emirates Old Trafford Crowd pic.twitter.com/vbwsukdfcw

– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) July 24, 2025

Rishabh Pant is the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team in the IPL. While sharing a photo of Pant on his social media, the owner of this franchise, Sanjeev Goenka wrote, “Not just talent, it is a character. Sellute.”

Not just talent. This is character. Salute. #INDVSENG pic.twitter.com/ptyw8atcbz

– Dr. Sanjiv goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) July 24, 2025

Sanjay Manjrekar said, “When we saw Rishabh Pant with Gautam Gambhir, he was in white dress, we felt that he would come to bat at the end of the innings. But who thought he would come to bat after falling the sixth wicket. He was clearly seen in pain, he was completely decided. He decided that he would bat.”

Rishabh pant historic inning: India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant played a historic innings on the Manchester ground. On the first day of the fourth Test against England, Pant suffered a toe injury, due to which retired hurt. On the second day of the match, Pant once again batted, then he broke a historic record of former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pant has become India’s highest half -century wicketkeeper batsman in a series.

Rishabh Pant broke MS Dhoni’s record

Rishabh Pant scored a brilliant half -century of 54 runs in 75 balls in the first innings of the Manchester Test. Pant put this fifth fifty in this series against England. With this, Pant became the wicketkeeper batsman to score the most half -century in a series. Earlier, this record was in the name of India’s legendary player Farooq Engineer and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

• Former India veteran Farooq Engineer had put four fifty in the same series against England in 1972-73.
• Former captain and cricketer of the Indian team MS Dhoni has done this feat twice. Dhoni first scored four half-centuries against Australia in 2008-09. At the same time, in 2014, four fifty against England in 2014.
• Now Rishabh Pant, vice -captain of India’s Test team, has put five fifty till the first innings of the fourth Test in this series. Now Pant has three innings left in this series. Pant can make his record better.

Pant’s thumb injury

On the first day of the Manchester Test of India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, Jofra Archer suffered a toe injury. Pant was putting a sweep shot, but instead of the ball on the bat, he started on his thumb. Rishabh Pant got stung by the pain of this injury. Pant had to go to retired hurt. Pant was also finding it difficult to bat on the second day of the match, but he came to bat while lame and played a historic half -century innings.

A Standing Ovation for Rishabh Pant at Old Trafford after he came out to bat despite an injury #WTC27 , #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/w1w2gwuy48

– ICC (@ICC) July 24, 2025

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Rishabh pant Sixes Record: Rishabh Pant is in great form in the Test series against England. Pant had scored two centuries in the first Test. During this, he broke many records. At the same time, Pant scored a half -century in the second Test too. Pant hit 8 fours and three sixes in this innings. During this, he made a maharikard of sixes. Pant has now become the highest number of sixes in Tests on foreign soil. He has overtaken the legendary players like Ben Stokes and Matthew Hayden.

The record for the most sixes on foreign soil

Pant scored 65 runs in just 58 balls in the second innings against England. Pant hit 8 fours and three sixes during this innings. With this, Pant has 24 sixes in England. This is the most sixes hit by any batsman on foreign soil. Pant broke the record of Stokes during this period. Stokes has hit 21 sixes in South Africa. At the same time, Matthew Hayden has hit 19 sixes in India.

India targets 608 runs to England

The Indian team has tightened the screws on England in the second Test. The Indian team has set a huge target of 608 runs in front of England. Pant hit a tremendous half -century. At the same time, captain Shubman Gill scored a historic century. Gill and Pant shared a 110 -run partnership. After Pant’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja came to bat, he also played a tremendous half -century innings. Jadeja, along with Gill, shared a record of 175 runs for the 5th wicket.

Gill scored 161 and Jadeja scored an unbeaten 69 runs. The Indian team has declared their second innings on the score of 427. India scored 527 runs in the first innings. After this, England’s team was all out at the score of 407 in the first inning. Now India has achieved the lead of 607 runs by scoring 427 runs.

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Rishabh pant stats: Rishabh Pant was elected the vice-captain of the Indian Test team just before the Indo-England Test series. Who thought that Pant’s bat must have been spewing fire as soon as Vice-Captain was made. He has shown amazing in the first Test of the series being played against England. He has become the first Indian wicketkeeper who has scored a century in both innings of a Test match. Actually, he has got the most success on number-5 in Red-Ball format. His figures on this batting order have been very spectacular, which you will be surprised to see.

Rishabh Pant has so far scored 3,200 runs in his 44 -match Test career. He has become the wicketkeeper to score the most Test century in the current series against England. He has 8 Test centuries in his name, while before him this record was in the name of MS Dhoni, who had scored a total of 6 centuries in his Test career.

Rishabh Pant is Future Superstar

Rishabh Pant’s total average in Test career is 44.44, but when he batting on number-5, then the ghost of scoring runs on him. Pant has so far played 28 innings while batting at number-5 in Test matches, of which he has 1553 runs. Batting at number-5, their average increases to 59.7. Pant has so far scored 4 centuries and 9 fifty while batting on the fifth order.

Mohammad Azharuddin was the highest scorer for India on number-5, who scored 4,346 runs in 147 innings. Let us know that Pant completed 3,000 runs in his Test career during the innings of 134 runs in the first Test against England.

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Rishabh pant century: Rishabh Pant has created history in the first Test match against England. He has become the first Indian wicketkeeper batsman in Test history to have scored a century in both innings of a match. He has already become the Indian wicketkeeper to score the most centuries in the red-ball format. Pant scored 134 runs in the first innings and has now completed his century in 120 balls in the second innings.

The Indian team played their first official Test match in the year 1932. So far, no wicketkeeper batsman in 93 -year -old Indian Test cricket history was able to score a century in both innings of Test match. Now Rishabh Pant has become the first Indian wicketkeeper to do so. Pant has also become the first wicketkeeper batsman in the world, who has scored a century in both innings while playing on a foreign tour.

Pant is the first Indian wicketkeeper to do so, but this record was first created by Andy Flower in the world. Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower was the first wicketkeeper in the world to score a century in both innings of a Test match. He did this in the match against South Africa. Rishabh Pant has also become the first Indian batsman who has scored a century in both innings of a Test match while playing in England.

Pant became the 7th Indian

Please tell that Rishabh Pant is a total of seventh Indian batsman, who has scored a century in 2 innings of the same Test match. Sunil Gavaskar has done this 3 times, Rahul Dravid had also done this twice, Vijay Hazare, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane. Now Rishabh Pant’s name has also been added to the list of these veterans.

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