Ahead of the India-Pakistan match at the Asia Cup 2022, skipper Rohit Sharma sprung a surprise at the toss as he announced Rishabh Pant was not part of the Indian playing XI.
Instead, the Indian team management went ahead with the veteran Dinesh Karthik. Over the last one year, Karthik has excelled in the finisher's role.
He has performed consistently well for his franchise too in the Indian Premier League. Pant, on the other hand, has been as the first-choice wicketkeeper for quite some time now.
However, Gautam Gambhir said that consistency in playing XI was needed with the 2022 T20 World Cup in two months' time. "I won't experiment from now on because how many games do we have… this Asia Cup?
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