Cheteshwar Pujara dissects the selection of Dinesh Karthik over Rishabh Pant

Pant was dropped against Pakistan (PC: Twitter)

The cricket fraternity was in for a huge surprise on Sunday when Rohit Sharma announced the playing XI against Pakistan without Rishabh Pant. India had a massive selection headache for the Asia Cup 2022 as they had to make a difficult choice between Dinesh Karthik and Pant.

The skipper Rohit decided to go with the RCB wicketkeeper. Dropping Pant was a big call considering the young rookie’s ability to perform in crucial games. While there have been a lot of opinions on Karthik and Pant, India’s Test veteran Cheteshwar Pujara also joined the bandwagon.