'Pressure will always be there because...': Rishabh Pant warns India taking Bangladesh lightly in upcoming Test series

India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant who played red-ball cricket after 620 days has failed to perform as he departed after scoring just seven runs in 10 balls. The star batter was out of action because of his near-fatal car accident in December 2022. Pant warned against taking Bangladesh lightly in the upcoming two-Test series, and stressed on the need for India to keep improving themselves to stay ahead of the competition.

India will take Bangladesh for two Test matches scheduled to start from September 19 and this Test series will be the opportunity for the young wicketkeeper batter to cement his place in the Indian squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 which is scheduled to take place in Australia from November 22. 

India will play a total of 10 Tests within the next five months as the series against Bangladesh will be followed by three Tests against New Zealand at home in October-November before moving to Australia for the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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“As the Indian cricket team, we focus solely on our own standards and how we can improve. Regardless of the opposition, we strive to play with the same intensity and give our 100 percent every single day,” Pant told JioCinema.

 

Pant said no series can be taken lightly with the margins between the teams decreasing in international cricket.

 

"Pressure will always be there because in international cricket, you can't take any series lightly. The margin between winning and losing is very small, and nowadays, the gap between international teams isn't much either,” he said.

 

Bangladesh are coming after creating history in Rawalpindi, they registered their first-ever Test series win against Pakistan.  Pant was part of India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad where he scored 171 runs in eight innings, averaging 24.42 at a strike-rate of 127.61. He last featured in the T20I series. 
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