“This is why Sunil Gavaskar got upset”: East-India Star exploded Rishabh Pant after poor show vs RR
Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 3 against Rajasthan Royals© Bcci
Lucknow Super Veterans registered a two-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2025 match in Jaipur on Saturday. The option to bat first, LSG scored a total of 66 and 50 runs in 20 overs with a total of 180/5 with Aiden Markram and Ayush Badoni respectively. Later, RR fought a strong battle with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s knock of 74, but LSG limited him to 178/5 and won the match by two runs. This was LSG’s fifth win in eight matches, while for RR, this was the sixth loss eight games.
Despite being in the winning side, captain Rishabh Pant’s poor form was a major concern for LSG. The pants were rejected for 3 runs off 9 balls as they recorded another low score in the ongoing season.
The wicketkeeper-Batter was rejected by Vanindu Hasranga, when he failed to play a reverse sweep badly.
Seeing this, former India batsman Manoj Tiwari criticized pants for his unnecessary shot selection and also criticized Sunil Gavaskar’s pants.
“Rishabh Pant is the kind of player – he is working with talent. There is no need to go for him and play a reverse sweep immediately, yet he does so. That is why Sunil Gavaskar got upset during the Test match in the border Gavaskar series,” Tiwari said on the cricketer.
Even he knows that pants have so much capacity that he can score directly with bat cricket. So why does he not do this? Why does he go for unconventional? “He said.
In particular, Gavaskar openly ranted against the pants after playing a poor shot during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia, which led to his dismissal.
“This type of match creates a character. It was a wonderful victory. As a team, it is going to take us to a different level. Such match can build the character of players and team.
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