Rishabh Pant is known for his unique game but in the Melbourne Test, his unique style became a big problem for him. In the first innings of the Boxing Day Test played in Melbourne, Pant got out while trying to play a strange shot. Pant often plays such shots and gets praise but this time he had to face criticism. 

Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday criticized Pant for his 'stupid' shot in the first innings of the fourth Test against Australia in Melbourne. After this, after losing the fourth Test match by 184 runs, captain Rohit Sharma said that this dashing wicketkeeper needs to understand what is expected of him. In the second innings, Pant was dismissed on a short pitch ball by part-time spinner Travis Head, due to which some people criticized him. After the crushing defeat in Melbourne, Rishabh Pant is on the target of many people. In such a situation, he has got the support of a former cricketer. Former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar on Tuesday supported wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who is surrounded by criticism, saying that the focus should be on his failures and not on his shot selection.

Commenting on the ongoing debate over Pant's shot selection, Manjrekar tweeted: "Pant should be criticised only for his failures, not for how he fails. He has an average of 42 in Tests and at least three of the best innings played by an Indian. In 42 Tests, he has scored six hundreds and seven times in excess of 90 runs. He is a great player who is not scoring enough runs and that's the bottom line."

It is worth noting that Pant is struggling with batting in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He has scored 154 runs in seven innings. The fifth and final match of the current series will now be played at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3. Australia is leading 2-1 after winning in Adelaide and Melbourne while India won the first match of the series in Perth.