‘There was a guy named Rishabh Pant’: Rohit Sharma takes dig at Duckett for ‘some credit’ remark on Jaiswal

India captain Rohit Sharma has come out exhausting at England opener Ben Duckett for his remarks on opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal forward of the fifth match in Dharamsala. The Indian skipper attended the press convention on the eve of the collection finale at the HPCA Stadium and was requested about Duckett’s feedback on Jaiswal for England deserving “some credit” for the Indian Southpaw’s attacking batting. 

Rohit hit out and mentioned that the English opener has most likely not seen Rishabh Pant batting then. “There was a guy called Rishabh Pant in our team, probably Ben Duckett hasn’t seen him play,” Rohit mentioned in his response. 

While Jaiswal has been flying excessive along with his jaw-dropping knocks which additionally embody two double centuries, Duckett made a assertion that England ought to “take some credit” for the way in which the opposition batters are actually batting in a different way. “When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they’re playing differently than how other people play Test cricket,” Duckett had mentioned throughout the press convention within the third Test in Rajkot. 

England’s former skipper Nasser Hussain additionally criticised Duckett for his assertion. “He (Jaiswal) has not learnt from you. He’s learnt from his upbringing, all the hard yards he had to put in growing up. If anything, lads, look at him and learn from him. I hope there’s a little bit of self-introspection going on. Otherwise, it becomes a cult, and at times Bazball and this regime has been described as such, where you cannot criticise within or externally,” Hussain informed Sky Sports.

Meanwhile, the Indian skipper additionally spoke concerning the significance of home cricket in his press convention. “Players need to play domestic cricket unless their medical team has given a certificate – it’s important, it’s for everyone. I saw the Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu game, it’s crucial to give importance to domestic cricket which is the core,” he added. The debate for IPL‘s precedence over home cricket has taken centre stage ever since Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer had been absent from the Ranji Trophy scene. While Iyer has returned to the red-ball event as he featured within the semifinal for Mumbai, Kishan has returned to 20-over cricket at the DY Patil T20 Cup.