Can Pant replicate what he did in that one Gabba Test? I have a feeling his purple patch is over and he may struggle in Australia in the coming series.
If Pant can do that over and over, I can see your point. Pant has been inconsistent in his career so far.
Theirs 2 problems with your argument.
A) First is speculation, In his 33 test games he has shown himself to be superior to rizwan in every metric, be it average or clutch performance or whatever really. So
having a feeling is just pure speculation from your end and is going into what if territory.
B) Secondly it doesn't discredit someone's peak. Misbah is 100x more consistent then 70% of pakistani batters like Ijaz Ahmed, Inzimam ul Haq etc, However no one in their right mind would put Misbah as superior, because Majority of Misbah’s games are soft scores which led to losses such as his 2011 wc semi final game, His final 2012 r20 game,
His odi series exploits against sa, Zimbabwe, Australia, Sri lanka, West Indies and many other tours which resulted in losses anytime he scored 50+, For example his sa game,
On paper he scored > 50, but he shot up the rr and caused pakistan to lose by 28 runs despite wickets in hand, Same qith his England game in 2012, Whereas Ijaz Ahmed India 140 of 87 is single handidely > What Misbah is capable of.
Pant's peak so far has been > Rizzu's peak as not only does he have better innings, many of them have resulted in wins
Single handidely from a batting perspective whereas rizzu hasn't, in some cases hes single handidely lost games like his 2022 asia cup final innings.