Rishabh Pant disappointed the team with his batting. (Photo-Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Rishabh Pant: The return of India-A captain Rishabh Pant after injury, who performed brilliantly in the 5-Test series against England, has been quite disappointing. In the first unofficial match being played against South Africa A, Pant's innings, which returned after 99 days, ended in just 20 balls. During this period, opening batsman Ayush Mhatre played only half-century innings. Apart from this, no batsman could play a big innings. Because of this, the visiting team has got a lead of 75 runs in the first innings.

Rishabh Pant disappointed

Team India's legendary wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant He was injured while batting in the fourth test match against England. After this he remained away from the field for about 3 months. He entered the field during the first unofficial match against South Africa-A which started from October 30 in Bengaluru.

During this, South Africa A team was out after scoring 309 runs in the first innings. Rishabh Pant was expected to bat well in the first innings of India-A on the second day of the match, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 17 runs with the help of 2 fours in 20 balls. During this period, India A's first innings was limited to only 234 runs. Only Ayush Mhatre scored a fifty for the host team.

Ayush Mhatre played a brilliant innings

India A opener Ayush Mhatre And Sai Sudarshan gave a great start to the team. Both added 90 runs for the first wicket. During this time Ayush was scoring runs rapidly. He played a brilliant inning of 65 runs in 76 balls with the help of 10 fours. Sai Sudarshan scored 32 runs in 94 balls with the help of 3 fours.

Ayush Badhoni played an inning of 38 runs in 47 balls with the help of 5 fours. Apart from this, no batsman could stay on the crease for long. Prenelan Subrayan took maximum 5 wickets from the visiting team. India-A captain Rishabh Pant has an excellent record in the first class.

Pant's performance in first class

India-A captain Rishabh Pant has played 73 first class matches so far. In his 66 innings he has scored 5365 runs at an average of 47.06. This includes 13 centuries and 27 half-centuries. Now the team will be expecting his good performance in the second innings.