PERTH: India’s new record-holder wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as “the hero of the country” and said the former skipper taught him to be patient and handle pressure situations.
Pant, on Monday, equalled the world record of most catches in a Test by a wicketkeeper, snaring 11 in India’s 31-run win in the first Test against Australia. The 21-year-old is now level with Englishman Jack Russell (vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 1995) and South Africa’s AB de Villiers (vs Pakistan at Johannesburg in 2013). He also eclipsed the India record of 10 catches in a game by Wriddhiman Saha.
“He’s (Dhoni) the hero of the country,” Pant, who took six catches in Australia’s first innings to equal Dhoni on that mark, told cricket.com.au. (PTI)
