Updated On: 16 July, 2020 12:26 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
India were later forced to call up Pant after injuries to Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar during the World Cup. They were eventually knocked out of the event after a defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final

Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Kaif
Rishabh Pant was disappointed after not being chosen in the initial Indian squad for the 2019 World Cup, according to former India batsman and Delhi Capitals assistant coach Mohammad Kaif.
Kaif said that no one in the coaching staff had any doubts about Pant's potential. "His name was not there, and he felt quite low. He is quite an emotional person. He started feeling bad immediately afterwards that he was not selected," Kaif said on former India opener Aakash Chopra's Youtube show, "Aakash Vani".