Team India's batting power was seen in the first T20 match against Sri Lanka. Batting first in Pallekele, the Indian team scored a huge score of 213 runs. During this, captain Suryakumar Yadav played the highest innings of 58 runs. After him, Rishabh Pant scored the highest score. Pant scored 49 runs and his strike rate was around 150. However, despite this, people are cursing Pant. Let us tell you what the matter is?

Why is Rishabh Pant being cursed?

Actually, Rishabh Pant scored 49 runs but his innings was very bad in many ways. That is because Pant started very slow and he got most of the boundaries due to poor fielding.

Not only this, he escaped being caught out twice. Overall, Pant struggled on 22 out of 33 balls. You can understand Pant's problem from the fact that he made a partnership of 76 runs with Suryakumar Yadav in which his contribution was only 16 and for this he played 17 balls. That is, Pant's strike rate was less than 100 in this partnership.

Rishabh Pant after two catch drops, several misfields, full tosses, flying bats… pic.twitter.com/kDnaxEcAqm

— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) July 27, 2024

Rishabh Pant in his entire World Cup : 0 Half Centuries

Sanju Samson in last 2 games : 1 Half Century

Its sad how favoritism and professional bootlicking with a pinch of sympathy can ruin someones career pic.twitter.com/5kHBUgqG74

— Chinmay Shah (@chinmayshah28) July 27, 2024

Why are fans angry with Pant?

The reason for cursing Rishabh Pant is that he has been continuously failing in the T20 format. He also batted poorly in the T20 World Cup, his figures were modest. But despite this, the team management is constantly giving him opportunities. Pant's T20 International record is very average. Pant has played 75 T20 matches and during this time he has scored only 1207 runs and his strike rate is less than 120. Only 3 half-centuries have come from his bat.

Despite this, Pant was given preference over Sanju Samson in the Pallekele T20. Samson was made to sit on the bench and perhaps this is bothering his fans.

Despite this, Pant was given preference over Sanju Samson in the Pallekele T20. Samson was made to sit on the bench and perhaps this is bothering his fans.