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Rishabh Pant Faces Career Setback, Must Play Under Junior Player's Captaincy on India A Tour!
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News18•07-10-2026, 07:01
Rishabh Pant Faces Career Setback, Must Play Under Junior Player's Captaincy on India A Tour!
- •Rishabh Pant has been out of India's white-ball team for a long time while remaining part of the Test squad.
- •Pant has fallen behind competitors like Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, and Dhruv Jurel.
- •Despite extensive experience of 158 international matches, Pant will play under Dhruv Jurel, who has only 16 international matches of experience, during the India A tour of New Zealand.
- •The India A team will play three unofficial Test matches against New Zealand A starting from October 24.
- •Dhruv Jurel has been named captain of the India A squad for this crucial series.
Key Questions Answered
Rishabh Pant has been out of India's white-ball team for a long time, having played his last ODI and T20 matches in 2024. He has fallen far behind in competition among major wicket-keepers like Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, and Dhruv Jurel.
Dhruv Jurel has been named the captain of the India A team for the upcoming tour of New Zealand.
India A will play three unofficial Test matches against New Zealand A, with the first match from October 24 to 27, the second from October 31 to November 3, and the third from November 7 to November 10.
