Examining the state: Rishabh Pant batted at 7, unveiled himself

IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants suffered an embarrassing defeat against Delhi Capitals in the last match. The team scored 159 runs, losing 6 wickets, batting first in the match. In response, Delhi chased the target with 13 balls remaining on the basis of KL Rahul’s unbeaten 57* run innings. After this match, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant has come into the limelight once again, due to his batting position. Actually, he came out to bat on number-7 and was dismissed for Duck against Mukesh Kumar playing two balls.

Fans and cricket experts are seen raising questions about the batting position of Rishabh Pant on social media. Cheteshwar Pujara even said that Rishabh has no need to become like Dhoni. Now in the meantime, Rishabh himself revealed against Delhi Capitals batting at number-7 position.

You have to try to find the best combination- Rishabh Pant

Speaking on the post match presentation, Rishabh Pant said that, he wanted other batsmen to take advantage of the circumstances, but they could not do so.

“The idea was to take advantage of the condition. We sent Samad to take advantage of such wickets. After that, Miller came and we got stuck on the wicket. After all, these are the things that we have to understand and try to find our best combination to move forward.”

Talking about some reasons behind the defeat of Lucknow Super Giants, Pant said that the toss had a huge role and was unable to take advantage of his moments throughout the match.

“The toss played an important role in Lucknow. Whoever is bowling first helps a lot. This is always in Lucknow, the wicket gets better in the second innings and the batsmen get a chance to bat, the game goes on like this, and you cannot complain. Yes, here, the toss is playing a very big role, but we are not looking for excuses as a team.”