<p>The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given Rishabh Pant the 'pride of place' in a promotional ICC T20 World Cup video posted on social media, with the charismatic wicketkeeper-batter, his cricketing gear in place, emerging from the blue waters of the Sydney Harbour and surefootedly heading into the city.</p>.<p>ICC posted the short video on Instagram on Sunday and captioned it, "Welcome to The Big Time, Rishabh Pant #T20WorldCup."</p>.<p>The video has since got lakhs of views with fans appreciating the promo, while some are having apprehensions about the cricketer keeping his place in the T20 side.</p>.<p>"Imagine he is not picked for the world cup squad," said a fan.</p>.<p>Pant has been in sublime form in England, where he scored a superb century and a half-ton in the rescheduled fifth Test against the hosts and smashed a 15-ball 26 in the second T20I at Edgbaston pairing with Rohit Sharma at the top on Saturday.</p>.<p>But he did not make much of an impression in the recently concluded five-match T20I series against South Africa at home.</p>.<p>However, India head coach Rahul Dravid has backed Pant, saying he is an integral part of the side, despite the player managing just 58 runs at a strike rate of 105.45 in the series against South Africa.</p>.<p>Pant's performance in IPL 2022 too was below-par, with the Delhi Capitals skipper scoring 340 runs at an average of 30.90.</p>.<p>Pant, though is a popular figure Down Under, where during the 2020/21 Test tour, he played a historic innings of 89 not out in the final Test at the Gabba, which the visitors won by three wickets to clinch the four-Test series 2-1</p>
<p>The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given Rishabh Pant the 'pride of place' in a promotional ICC T20 World Cup video posted on social media, with the charismatic wicketkeeper-batter, his cricketing gear in place, emerging from the blue waters of the Sydney Harbour and surefootedly heading into the city.</p>.<p>ICC posted the short video on Instagram on Sunday and captioned it, "Welcome to The Big Time, Rishabh Pant #T20WorldCup."</p>.<p>The video has since got lakhs of views with fans appreciating the promo, while some are having apprehensions about the cricketer keeping his place in the T20 side.</p>.<p>"Imagine he is not picked for the world cup squad," said a fan.</p>.<p>Pant has been in sublime form in England, where he scored a superb century and a half-ton in the rescheduled fifth Test against the hosts and smashed a 15-ball 26 in the second T20I at Edgbaston pairing with Rohit Sharma at the top on Saturday.</p>.<p>But he did not make much of an impression in the recently concluded five-match T20I series against South Africa at home.</p>.<p>However, India head coach Rahul Dravid has backed Pant, saying he is an integral part of the side, despite the player managing just 58 runs at a strike rate of 105.45 in the series against South Africa.</p>.<p>Pant's performance in IPL 2022 too was below-par, with the Delhi Capitals skipper scoring 340 runs at an average of 30.90.</p>.<p>Pant, though is a popular figure Down Under, where during the 2020/21 Test tour, he played a historic innings of 89 not out in the final Test at the Gabba, which the visitors won by three wickets to clinch the four-Test series 2-1</p>