India, March 8 -- Veteran cricketer Farokh Engineer is impressed with the healthy competition within Indian cricket as a batter like Rishabh Pant is warming the bench in the Champions Trophy to accommodate KL Rahul in the XI. The Indian cricket team is going through the problem of plenty as match-winners like Pant and Arshdeep Singh are yet to get a chance in the XI in the Champions Trophy, while stars like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mohammed Siraj failed to make it into the squad only.

Meanwhile, Rahul, who has been a mainstay in India's ODI line-up, continues to retain his place and has shown versatility batting down the order at number 6. He played a crucial 42-run* knock against Australia in the semifinal

Farokh feels that Pant, who is a ...