Delhi: When the Indian team comes to play the second Test against South Africa, there will be pressure on everyone from the captain to the coach and the players. Team India, which has already lost 1-0 in the series, now faces the challenge of avoiding a clean sweep. This match will be played at Barsara Stadium in Guwahati, where no Test match has been held till now.

Pant will take over the responsibility of captaincy

Regular captain Shubman Gill will not be able to play in the second test. In such a situation, the captaincy of the team will be with Rishabh Pant. This was confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday. So far, 37 players have become captains in Indian Test history, but only one wicketkeeper has been the captain among them – Mahendra Singh Dhoni. From 2008 to 2014, Dhoni led the team in 60 Tests, in which India won 27 and lost 18. Now Pant will captain in Guwahati and will become the second Indian wicketkeeper to take leadership in Test.

Pant’s batting brilliance in test

Rishabh Pant is counted among the most influential wicketkeeper batsmen of current times in Test cricket. He has scored 3456 runs in 48 matches at an average of around 44, which includes 8 centuries. Among wicketkeeper batsmen, only Adam Gilchrist and Andy Flower have more centuries than him. Pant has the highest number of runs (3515) among the current active wicketkeepers.

Performance Ordinary as Captain

Pant’s performance in the field of captaincy has been average so far. He took command of the team in 57 matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL), in which there were 29 wins and 27 losses. Recently he captained India A in two matches against South Africa A. This series remained tied at 1-1. In the second match, South Africa A defeated Pant’s team by achieving the target of more than 400 in the fourth innings.