The mentor for the Lucknow Super Giants, Zaheer Khan, has said in support of captial Rishabh Pant, saying that even in a time when he has had a hard IPL season, nobody doubts his capabilities. He may surely come stronger after this experience. Pant, who was bought for a stratospheric price of Rs 27 crore at the auction, could never really get going through the season and could pile on only 269 runs from 13 innings. However, he did end on a heroic note, blasting 118 in 61 balls in the last game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but his heroics could not stop defeat.
“He has been a good leader for us, which has been a positive for this season. It has been a learning experience for us to see the kind of form he had, but there was never any question on his ability,” said Zaheer after the match. He added that the best part was to see Pant finish on a high and show what he is capable of.
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It was a tough season for the LSG Team, landing in seventh position with six wins and eight losses. The injuries grievously messed with the bowling department. At the beginning of the season, our goal was to think about the playoffs. We did try to meet the challenge of losing some of our key bowlers to injuries,” he explained.
Zaheer stated that they were working on not getting stuck in those problems but in ways to win. “Looking back, we had a decent season, but we fell short in putting the game together consistently,” he added.
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In spite of the bowling woes, some things did work positively, especially with the batting. The overseas trio of Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, and Nicholas Pooran stepped up and gave stability to the lineup. Because of which batting department looked settled, however due to injuries in the other department LSG couldn’t get their bowling line-up sorted during the entire season.
