Lucknow: The Indian team for the ICC T-20 World Cup 2024 is to be announced soon. In such a situation, all the players are performing well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 to make their place in the team. In this series, former Indian batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu has revealed the name of the player who has confirmed his name in the World Cup team. Let us tell you that Sidhu has claimed about wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant that he has confirmed his place in the team.

The former Indian cricketer has given this statement at a time when captain Pant played a good innings under pressure for Delhi Capitals (DC) against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. During this, he played an unbeaten inning of 88 runs on 43 balls, while 5 fours and 8 sixes came from his bat. Seeing this innings of Rishabh, Sidhu has given a big statement during the conversation on Star Sports.

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He said, “Pant showed with his innings that I am the boss. I am Don. Rishabh has confirmed his place in the Indian team for the T-20 World Cup. Today we have seen the Pant whom we used to see in England and Australia. After this kind of batting, you cannot keep him out of the team. He has broken all the doors because of his innings.”

If we talk about the role of wicketkeeper in the World Cup, then many players are giving tough competition among themselves. In this, Sanju Samson, Ishaan Kishan, Jitesh Sharma and experienced Dinesh Karthik are also in the race. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which two players are selected for the World Cup because all these players are performing well this season and the pressure has increased on the selectors.

Rishabh Pant's performance in IPL 2024

IPL 2024 has been excellent for the left-handed batsman and he has scored runs at a strike rate of over 150. His comeback after the horrific car accident has been spectacular and he has scored 342 runs in the 9 matches played so far with an average of 48.86 and an impressive strike rate of 161.32. During this period, he has scored 3 half-centuries.

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