Sangakkara wants Pant to keep things simple

New Delhi, Nov. 8: Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara has advised under-fire Rishabh Pant to keep things simple while batting as well as keeping if he wants to regain his lost confidence after a string of failures. “It’s important for him (Pant) to keep things simple and understand his weakness. Once he is able to work on these areas, he needs to strategise and plan, because for him right now he needs to keep things simple and not be under pressure,” Sangakkara said.

“It’s also important for someone to talk to him on his batting and keep him off the pressure and let him be free with his game,” he added.

Sangakkara felt Pant needs to be “neat and tidy behind the stumps” as the youngster has been struggling in the ongoing T20I series.

In the first T20I match against Bangladesh, Pant coped criticism for bad DRS calls. In the second game at Rajkot on Thursday, the 22-year-old stumper once again found himself in a spot when he missed out on an easy stumping chance.