If not only for his cricketing career, Rishabh Pant can do better with reducing a little bit of weight to hit the modelling charts in India, says former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
Rishabh Pant Played A Stunning Knock Against England
Since his comeback to the Indian team on the 2020/21 trip to Australia, Rishabh Pant has been on a rise across formats and hasn’t looked back.
Already a Test legend now, the left-hander on Sunday smashed his maiden ODI century helping India win the series-decided against England in Manchester. And the Delhi Capitals skipper is all set to play a crucial role in India’s T20 World Cup campaign as well.
A rockstar and a fan favourite, Pant has a rapidly growing fan base who are following his every move on and off the field.
Shoaib Akhtar On Rishabh’s Modelling Career
With that, Shoaib Akhtar believes that Pant could make millions and more as a model as well but felt that the southpaw is a “little overweight” and should work on his fitness to reduce that fat and that will attract big contracts from the show businesses.
“He is a little overweight. I hope he takes care of that. Because India’s market is big. He’s good-looking. He can emerge as a model, earn in crores. Because whenever a person becomes a star in India, a lot of investment is made on them,” Akhtar said in his YouTube video.
Rishabh Pant’s maiden ODI ton, which he brought up in his 24th ODI innings and after 5 fifties and after a highly-backed promotion to number 4 from the Dravid-Sharma management, played a significant role in India claiming the ODI series 2-1.
In the chase of 260, the visitors had slipped to 38/3 and then 72/4 before a stunning, counter-attacking partnership of 133 runs from 115 balls from Pant and Hardik Pandya. And after Pandya’s dismissal, Pant reined into the England bowling, smashing 48 runs off 25 balls in a 56* runs stand with Ravindra Jadeja, and finished off the game soon, cracking 6 boundaries in the last 7 balls he faced.
The 24-year-old has been rested from the upcoming ODI series in West Indies but will return for the 5 T20Is.
