Rishabh Pant came in for a lot of criticism for his poor shot-selection during crucial times in the recently-concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia, and by the time he realised his mistakes with a patient knock in Melbourne, it was too late to prevent a 1-3 series defeat for India. But to the surprise of fans, former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that Pant possesses "one of the best defences" among the current batters.
Explaining what he meant, Ashwin said it's difficult to dislodge Pant when he decides to defend, something which Ashwin himself experienced while bowling to the Indian wicketkeeper-batter in the nets.
