Rishabh Pant is the spark we need in middle: Rohit Sharma

India opener Rohit Sharma called Rishabh Pant a spark that Indian team needs in the middleorder and has called on people to be more patient with his style of play that sees him get dismissed often in casual mannerPant made 101 off 118 deliveries to lead Indias revival after they were first struggling at 121 for five and then at 146 for sixPant made a patient halfcentury scoring his 50 off 82 deliveries and then scored the next fifty off just 33 balls to reach his hundredThat is something we need We need that spark in the middle He brings that to us He understand his game really well now He plays that game Sharma told the media here on Friday the second day of the fourth and final TestThere are some guys who play respectfully and then you need some who are courageous and are willing to take chances Cricket now is different from what it was back in the day So you need to be courageous and take chances As long he gets the job done it is fine with us added SharmaPant has been at the receiving end of heavy criticism in the recent past after he seemed to have squandered his starts away He was made to sit out of the whiteball series in Australia and called up from only the second Test onwards Since then his stock has risen as he has played some sensational knocks He first helped India win Test series in Australia and then put India on the cusp of the World Test Championship final on FridayBut there are times when he will get out I dont want anyone to get upset with that because he is a kind of player who can play an innings like that and from a situation where we were struggling he can suddenly in a span of one hour take you to a position where your team starts to look different said SharmaSharma who is Indias leading rungetter in the series was quite effusive in his praise of the manner in which Pant builds his innings trusting his defence in the initial phaseIn the first half he was quite respectful He was trusting his defence Once we got to 200 he just wanted to take on the bowlers said SharmaIn my opinion it was probably one of his finest knocks He was quite cautious at the beginning and then he actually flourished the way he batted and put the team into a commanding position he said People like Pantyou need to back their skills and their ability on how they bat Team management completely understands that Of course he has been given that freedom as wellThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever