Rishabh Pant will be back in action for the last two games of the five-match one-day series against England Lions while Ajinkya Rahane will lead in the first three.
Shreyas Iyer said that playing the World Cup is still his biggest motivation and all he wants to do is perform at every given opportunity.
Pant made headlines for his commentary behind the stump, particularly while skipper Tim Paine was batting.
The Delhi youngster who is currently on a break from international cricket after a hectic Test series in Australia, shared a romantic post which has left fans in awe.
Chief selector MSK Prasad revealed that Rishabh Pant is missing the Australia just because of excess workload but he is very much in India's plans for the World Cup.
Rishbh Pant was not selected for the Australia and New Zealand ODIs as the team management wanted to rest him and finish games in the domestic circuit.
Pant's flamboyant batting exploits, however, have impressed Engineer so much that he wondered how the Indian selectors can afford to leave him out for the 2019 World Cup.
Team India batsman Rohit Sharma, who recently became a father, took a friendly jibe at Rishabh Pant, asking him to babysit his newly born daughter.
Team India coach Ravi Shastri revealed that Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant will play key roles in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has gained seven slots to reach a career-best 45th position after his figures of five for 99 in Australia’s first innings of Sydney Test.
What we now know that we didn't before the 4-Test series between Australia and India that concluded in Sydney on 7th January.
No other Asian captain leave alone Indian captain has won four away Test matches in South Africa, England and Australia in a single calendar year.
Ponting believes Pant will score more Test centuries than his predecessor Dhoni.
With two full days play left in the game and Australia still 386 runs adrift of India's score, the visitors will fancy their chances of winning the four-match rubber 3-1.
Sourav Ganugly backed Rishabh Pant to play all the formats for India and said that he could be a game changer for Virat Kohli's men in the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
The Bharat Army paid their tribute to Rishabh Pant on Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground after the wicket-keeper batsman smashed 158 not out off 189 balls.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to claim a hundred Down Under with an unbeaten 159-run effort that came off 189 balls on the second day of the match.
India buried a dispirited Australia under a mountain of runs with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja adding a dash of strokeful aggression on Day 2 of the final Test.
Rishabh Pant smashed 159 not out off 189 balls, hitting 15 fours and one six on day two of the fourth Test in Sydney.
The explosive batsman played a defensive, patient game unlike his earlier performances where he went all out with full guns blazing.
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