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#3 Ajit Agarkar wants Rishabh Pant to play ODIs

Rishabh Pant

Former Indian pacer Ajit Agarkar, while speaking to ESPNCricinfo, felt that Rishabh Pant should replace MS Dhoni in Indi's limited-overs setup.

Pant recently made his Test debut for India in the tour of England and is keeping wickets against Windies as well. However, he still hasn't made his ODI debut.

Agarkar feels that it is time for Pant to take up his role behind the wickets in ODIs as well.

“I can’t believe Pant is not a part of India’s shorter format setup,” Agarkar told ESPNCricinfo.

“Hopefully they do that sooner, rather than later, against the West Indies in the ODI series. I mean, there are five ODIs and there will be an opportunity to play him somewhere in the middle order as a batsman or as a wicket-keeper. Everyone knows what Dhoni can bring to the side, and there is no harm in resting him for a couple of games.”