Rishabh Pant was seen playing a kids' game to decide his team's crucial strategy at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Friday, April 4.
The 27-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was acquired by the Lucknow Super Giants for a record-breaking INR 27 crore at the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction, and so far, he has failed to justify his price tag.
In the ongoing game against MI as well, Rishabh Pant was unable to play a good innings for his team. He managed to score 2 runs off 6 balls, before being dismissed by Hardik Pandya.
Pant was seen standing alongside Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, and Ayush Badoni, seemingly deciding who would open the bowling. Rishabh Pant opted to play a kids' game with pacers to make the crucial decision and eventually decided to hand over the ball to Shardul Thakur.
Watch: Rishabh Pant Plays Silly Game to Decide Bowler
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So they want a road-like pitch - Aakash Chopra on LSG
Speaking ahead of the match, Aakash Chopra spoke about the pitch controversy involving Lucknow Super Giants after the team mentor Zaheer Khan had said that the pitch prepared for the LSG vs. PBKS clash favored Punjab Kings. He elaborated:
"Batters need a slightly good pitch. All of them are strokemakers, and they didn't like it. This team doesn't want help. They think their bowling is so weak that they should make it a bat-vs-bat contest and win with planning with the ball because they might remain far behind skill-wise. So they want a road-like pitch," he added.
"If they prepare such a pitch and have a bat-vs-bat contest, will the scales be genuinely tilted towards Lucknow? I am not 100% convinced because you might see a slight weakness in Mumbai's bowling since Bumrah is not there as of now, but the batting is strong. I don't feel Lucknow's batting is far superior."
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