Delhi: In the 21st match of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) surprised everyone by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a very exciting manner. It seemed at a time in the match that Kolkata would easily win the match, but the changes in Rishabh Pant’s captaincy changed the entire attitude of the match. Rishabh revealed his strategies after the match.
Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 238 runs, in which Nicholas Puran played a stormy innings of 87 runs. In response, the KKR started was also strong. Sunil Naren and Ajinkya Rahane scored fast runs, and in the powerplay, the team hit 90 runs at the loss of just one wicket.
Rishabh Pant’s strategy
But after this, Rishabh Pant made changes in his strategy. He slowly did the speed of the match, took timing breakes and instructed the bowlers to play with a calm mind. After the first timeout, the bowlers were asked to play with a strict plan, and the same strategy worked. Shardul Thakur broke Rahane and Iyer’s important partnership, after which the KKR team shattered like cards. He lost his 5 wickets inside 23 runs. Rinku Singh again raised hope in the last over, but by then it was too late.
After the match, captain Rishabh Pant said, “When we were batting, it was not felt that the match would be so close. But, after the powerplay, we realized that the match is tight. After the first time, we told the bowlers to do not do much, do not do anything new, just stay on the plan and keep the basics correct.
Pant told about sending Abdul Samad to number 4 that the team wanted to maintain the combination of the right-left hand. He also talked about his fitness and said that now his back is completely fine.
With this victory, LSG made a great comeback in the tournament and reached fourth place in the points table.
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