IPL 2025 ke LSG vs DC clash mein ek aisa decision dekhne ko mila jisne fans aur cricket experts dono ko hairaan kar diya. Delhi Capitals ke captain Rishabh Pant ne apne aap ko batting order mein number 7 par bhej diya, jahan wo bina koi run banaye pavilion laut gaye. Is move par unke purane teammate Cheteshwar Pujara ne teekha reaction diya.
“Mujhe samajh nahi aaya ki yeh decision ka logic kya tha. Lekin ek baat toh pakki hai – Pant ko upar batting karni chahiye. Woh MS Dhoni banne ki koshish kar rahe hain, lekin woh level abhi door hai. Unhe middle overs mein batting karni chahiye, na ki finisher banne ki koshish,” Pujara ne ESPNcricinfo se kaha.
Yeh sab tab hua jab Nicholas Pooran out ho chuke the aur Pant ne Abdul Samad ko khud se pehle bhej diya. Samad ne sirf 8 balls mein 2 run banaye aur David Miller bhi struggle karte dikhe, jinhone 15 balls mein sirf 14 run banaye. Sirf Ayush Badoni hi the jo 21 balls mein 36 run banakar team ko thoda boost de paaye. Aakhir mein LSG sirf 159/6 ka score hi bana payi.
Former England opener Nick Knight ne bhi is decision ko lekar mixed reaction diya:
“Mujhe Badoni ko 4 ya 5 pe bhejne se problem nahi hai, kyunki woh accha khel rahe hain. Lekin jab aapka captain hi peeche hat raha hai, jab team ko uski sabse zyada zarurat hai, toh yeh achha message nahi deta,” Knight ne bataya.
Unhone aur kaha:
“Decision-making mein kuch logic ho sakti hai, lekin jab captain khud backfoot pe jata hai, toh woh leadership ki feeling khatam ho jaati hai. Aur wahi sabse badi dikkat hai.”
Ho sakta hai Pant ka decision unki fitness concerns ki wajah se ho, kyunki match ke dauraan unka haath tape kiya gaya tha aur batting ke waqt woh ball ko muscle karne ke bajaye sirf pace ka use karte dikhe.
Pant Ka Explanation
“Idea tha ki wicket ka fayda uthaya jaaye. Samad ko isiliye bheja. Miller aaye, lekin hum wicket mein hi phase gaye. Abhi humein yeh sab samajhna hai aur best combination dhoondhna hai,” Pant ne post-match presentation mein bataya.
Lekin stats kuch aur hi keh rahe hain. Pant ne iss season mein ab tak sirf 106 runs banaye hain 8 innings mein, average hai 13.25 aur strike rate hai 96.36. Ek hi fifty aayi hai — 63 runs against CSK, lekin woh bhi har ke saath.
27 crore mein LSG ne jo investment kiya tha Pant par, ab woh justify hota nahi dikh raha. Time aa gaya hai ki Pant apne aap ko prove karein — MS Dhoni ki tarah banne se pehle, Rishabh Pant banna zaroori hai.
