Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) mentor Zaheer Khan stated that the crew by no means had doubts about Rishabh Pant’s batting capabilities. The wicketkeeper-batter encountered troublesome occasions with the bat within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 because the Tremendous Giants could not progress via to the playoffs.
Pant managed simply 151 runs from 12 innings in IPL 2025, heading into LSG’s last sport of the season in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, Could 28. The 27-year-old completed on a excessive, scoring a superb 118 not out off 61 deliveries, smashing 11 fours and eight sixes.
Zaheer stated that Pant has achieved properly because the captain of the facet, regardless of LSG ending at No. 7 on the factors desk with six wins and eight defeats from 14 video games. The previous Indian speedster feels that Pant’s batting type will function a studying expertise.
“Nicely, he is been good as a pacesetter. That was a vivid constructive for us all through the season. The shape with the bat was undoubtedly a studying expertise for him, having this type of season. However his capacity and calibre should not doubtful. That is how we’re it,” Zaheer stated within the post-match press convention.
“We’re completely satisfied he completed on a robust word – that is the calibre he has, and the influence he can have on the sport,” Zaheer added.
Jitesh’s blitzkreig rescues RCB in opposition to LSG
On the again of Rishabh Pant’s epic century and Mitchell Marsh’s 37-ball 67, the Lucknow Tremendous Giants posted a mammoth whole of 227/3 of their 20 overs after being invited to bat first. In reply, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru acquired off to a stunning begin due to the in-form duo of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. Whereas the England wicketkeeper-batter didn’t money in on a very good begin, Kohli registered his eighth half-century of the season.
Thereafter, Rajat Patidar and Liam Livingstone had been dismissed in the identical over as LSG acquired again into the sport. Nevertheless, stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma slammed an unbeaten 85 off 33 balls, and his partnership of 107 runs for the fifth wicket with Mayank Agarwal (41*) helped RCB full the run-chase in 18.4 overs with six wickets to spare.
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