Rishabh Pant gives an honest verdict on LSG after a loss against Punjab Kings: “When you drop …”

Despite another poor batting attempt by the top-order in his 37-run defeat to Punjab Kings on Sunday, a Lucknow super veteran Rishabh Pant is still dreaming of an IPL play-off in IPL play-off with three wins in IPL play-off with three wins in the remaining three matches. LSG has 10 points from 11 games and currently ranked seventh in the league table. With a net run-vet of -0.47, winning only three games may not be enough for pants and his men to make it in play-offs. At the post match presentation ceremony, Pant said, “Sapna is still alive. If we can win the next three matches, we can definitely roam and do amazing things,” Pants said at the post match presentation ceremony.

He admitted that 236 was much high to chase and fielding was also equal.

“Surely a lot of runs. When you leave the important catch at the wrong time, it can hurt you badly. We thought it would be more, but we did not choose the length in the beginning. But it is part of the game and the parcel,” he said.

While Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran have failed in the last few matches, the captain defended him.

“It is understandable that when your top order is batting well. Every match, you cannot expect to come out of them. It’s part of the game, we have to take it deep sometimes. We had a lot of runs to catch and this hurt us badly.”

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer was “to be honest”. Iyer said after the match, “Everyone stepped at the right time, the contribution to all was very high.”

“The way he performed, it was extraordinary and the eye was so happy,” he said.

Iyer believes that Bhagya is in favor of Bahadur and is well what has happened to PBK this season because they climbed second place in the 10-Team League table.

“The data was not thinking about or what is a good score to defend. We have been lucky, but luck has been due to hard work. Everyone knows his roles properly and the way he executed it was at the top.” Iyer, however, is not completely happy with fielding efforts.

“The only thing we need to correct is awareness (in the field) and the way we move forward – the only box we have to tick. Just return ourselves and your tendency – what is working for us, think too much about figures.”