Rishabh Pant has tolerated a bad run in IPL 2025© Bcci/Sportzpics
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was purchased at the mega auction for a spectacular fee of INR 27 crore, Rishabh Pant has been the biggest flop of the season so far. With an average of just 12, Pant has tried his hand in various roles in batting order, but failed to distribute in anyone. As the top three of the Lucknow Super Giants made a rare failure against Punjab Kings on Sunday, the team fell on the pants to revive the team of 237 runs. But his way of dismissal once again reflected the campaign he had.
Former Chennai’s Super Kings and Mumbai batsman Ambati Rayudu did not tell their words as he suggested that the pants left their ‘stubborn’ and look at them to learn from the mistakes made by them.
Rayudu said out of Espncricinfo’s time, “I think, at this time, I am very sorry for him because he is not changing his batting order or his attitude.” “I think he is very stubborn about how he wants to go about things. It is not working in his favor at this time. It is in this game, to be very honest, and he is going through a very bad patch. It can happen to anyone. It can be with anyone. He learns that he gets better on it and also gets better on it.”
From number 3 to number 7, pants have played all in the middle order for LSG, but have failed to distribute in anyone. For Rayudu, their best position in white-ball formats remains. In fact, the former India batsman feels that the pants also do not have the necessary skills for the middle-order batsman.
“I think more than anything, it’s just clarity as to what he wants to do because Pant is ideally a opener in white-tendon cricket for me, because in the middle order, he is not great. I know he likes to play in the middle, but he needs a binding or skill set.
“It indicates that mentally he is not very relaxed and very calm. At the moment, the word I will use is the lack of confidence,” he concluded.
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