IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant ne apne IPL season ka pehla half-century toh maar diya, lekin former RCB batter Wasim Jaffer abhi bhi unki batting se satisfied nahi hain. Jaffer kehte hain ki Pant pressure release karne ke liye hamesha big shots ke liye jaate hain, jabki unhe Virat Kohli ki tarah strike rotate karni chahiye.
“I don’t know whether he looks to do that [rotate strike]. Kohli is a master at that. He gets off strike so nicely as he can play all around. But Pant sometimes does get stuck, and that’s the issue. Then he goes for that big shot. I just feel he needs to get better at rotating strike as well.” – Wasim Jaffer on ESPNcricinfo TimeOut
Jaffer ne ye bhi highlight kiya ki Pant ka natural game leg-side pe focus karta hai, jabki unko straight boundaries ka zyada use karna chahiye. Teams ne ab unki leg-side hitting ko anticipate kar liya hai.
“I feel he never looks to hit straight. He always looks to go towards the leg side, towards square leg, cow corner. He hit one straight six right towards the end [against CSK]. Otherwise, at the start of the innings, he was always looking to go towards the leg side, or that reverse scoop that he played, but that was the only thing.” – Wasim Jaffer
“A lot of the time, the teams stack up the fielders in that area as well. So I think he needs to access down the ground a lot more.” – Wasim Jaffer
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Pant ne 49 balls mein 63 runs banaye, jisme 4 chhakkay aur 4 chaukay shamil the. Lekin shuruaat mein wo boundaries ke liye struggle kar rahe the, especially jab Aiden Markram aur Nicholas Pooran jaldi out ho gaye. Unke runs ne LSG ko 166/7 tak pahunchane mein madad ki.
Former India batter Abhinav Mukund ne Pant ke proactive movement ko appreciate kiya, lekin unka kehna tha ki CSK ne unke cover area ko lock kar diya tha.
“I still feel Pant has so much to offer when he is moving around, contrary to what you hear a lot of commentators and players saying that he needs to stay still and hit. I like Pant when he is moving around. It feels like he is more proactive, accessing over cover, accessing straight. It felt like that cover area was closed today for business for him and that’s a bit concerning.” – Abhinav Mukund
LSG ab IPL 2025 ke points table mein fourth position par hai. Unka agla match Rajasthan Royals ke saath 19 April ko Jaipur mein hoga. Dekhna ye hai ki kya Pant apne critics ko galat sabit kar payenge!
