Australian cricket group all-rounder Mitchell Marsh mentioned that he needs India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was ‘Australian’. In an interplay forward of the Border-Gavaskar Test collection, Marsh was all reward for Pant whom he known as a ‘ripping bloke’ and described him as somebody who ‘loves profitable’. “He’s a ripping bloke. I want he was Australian. He’s clearly been via so much over the previous few years, and it has been a hell of a comeback. He’s a optimistic man, nonetheless actually younger, and he loves profitable. He’s extremely aggressive for somebody who has the persona of being relaxed and all the time laughing and smiling. He’s received that huge smile,” Marsh advised Star Sports.
Marsh’s teammate Travis Head additionally had an analogous view about Pant.
“The Indian cricketer I imagine is most Australian can be Rishabh Pant. I believe the best way he goes about his aggressive nature and his work ethic would make him very pleasing to play with,” he mentioned.
Pant reacted to the video of the interview on Instagram with a collection of emojis.
Earlier, Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood mentioned his group can be extra targeted on devising methods to counter younger Indian batters like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill throughout the Border-Gavaskar collection, provided that they’ve performed little or no cricket in opposition to them.
The five-Test Border-Gavaskar collection is scheduled to start in Perth on November 22 with India hoping to increase their dominance on the celebrated trophy. Australia, however, can be aiming to showcase their bowling may to win it again after successive losses at residence in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
Jaiswal and Gill have emerged as India’s prime batters of late and would type the core of the batting lineup alongside captain Rohit Sharma and stalwart Virat Kohli.
Hazlewood, who is predicted to be a key member of the Australian bowling unit because it goals to win again the trophy after 2014-15, mentioned the hosts would give attention to executing the fundamentals to win the collection, which might earn them essential factors within the present World Test Championship cycle.
“The technique might be extra targeted on the newer gamers we have not performed a lot Test cricket in opposition to, like (Yashasvi) Jaiswal and even Shubman Gill, who we have solely confronted a couple of occasions,” Hazlewood advised Star Sports.
(With PTI inputs)
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