India vs West Indies 2019: 3 things we learned from the T20I series

#3. The pressure on under-performing Rishabh Pant will grow even further

Rishabh Pant has some serious catching up to do

Although Kohli has been backing Rishabh Pant to the hilt despite his failures, the pressure will be immense on the young wicket-keeper after yet another poor series. The team management gave the youngster an opportunity to prove his worth by promoting him to number three at Mumbai, ahead of Kohi. However, Pant wasted that chance as well, giving his wicket away by playing an attacking shot second-ball.

Pant registered scores of 18, 33 not out and 0 in the series. In the T20Is against South Africa, he made only 4 and 19. He failed to cross 30 against Bangladesh as well. After 26 T20Is, Pant is averaging a mere 20.45.

It hasn’t helped that his keeping skills haven’t been of the highest order. either. With Sanju Samson waiting in the wings, it remains to be seen how long India will keep backing Pant despite the obvious fact that his game needs some serious polishing.