Rishabh Pant makes debut, becomes youngest Indian cricketer in T20I

Samarth Srivastava
Published on: 1 Feb 2017 1:58 PM GMT
Rishabh Pant makes debut, becomes youngest Indian cricketer in T20I
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Rishabh Pant makes debut, becomes youngest Indian cricketer in T20I

Bengaluru: Following an awe-inspiring Ranji season, 19-year old left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant has become the youngest Indian cricketer to get a T20I cap.

Pant received the T20I cap by former cricketer Saba Karim.

https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/826775448646512640

Pant has been included in place of Manish Pandey, who failed to score quick runs in the final overs of the 2nd T20.

England has won the toss and invited India to bat.

Playing XI:

India: Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra

England: Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

Samarth Srivastava

Samarth Srivastava

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