“Ye toh pehle din se hona chahiye tha. Vo vahan Test cricket khele hain, ODI khele hain aur perform kiya hai. Dinesh Karthik kab Australia me khele hain? Ye koi Bangalore ki wicket nahi hai. (Pant should have been in the playing XI from first match itself. He has performed in ODIs as well as Tests. When did Dinesh Karthik last play in Australia? This is not the Bangalore wicket).
He further went on to criticise Deepak Hooda’s selection.
“Main aaj bhi ye hi keh raha tha ki Hooda ki jagah Pant ko khilaate, unko vahan khelne ka anubhav hai. Unhone Gabba ka ghamand toda hai Australia ka. (I said this even today that Pant should’ve been in the team instead of Hooda, Pant has the experience of playing here. He breached Australia’s fortress-like record in Gabba),” Sehwag said.