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Pant has referred to veteran stumper Dhoni as his favourite batting partner.
"Great batsman" K L Rahul shouldn't be bothered with wicketkeeping in the Indian team and he should be allowed to concentrate on his batting, feels the West Indian legend.
Lara said that Pant has realised that he was becoming a one-trick pony with shots only on the on-side, something that has changed.
The versatile batsman owes his new role to the fickle form of Rishabh Pant, who was seen as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's natural successor behind the stumps.
Pant has been discharged from hospital after suffering a concussion in Tuesday's ODI against Australia in Mumbai.
The 26-year-old Bharat is uncapped and has an experience of 74 first-class matches with 4,143 runs.
Kohli confirmed that the side would not tinker with their line-up for in the initial matches of the T20I series against the Black Caps starting on Friday at Eden Park, Auckland.
Jaffer also had claimed Dhoni's inclusion could ease the pressure on K L Rahul or Rishabh Pant who are currently sharing the gloves for Team India in limited-overs cricket.
Manjrekar further said just like Sehwag, Pant should be treated differently and allowed to play the game in his own way.
K L Rahul too made the cut, while middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu and young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant were left out of the 15-member squad.
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