After the defeat from DC, Rishabh Pant started making excuses, said such a thing about the toss and pitch – Cross Talk India

Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets in the 40th match of IPL 2025. In this match, the batsmen and bowlers of Delhi Capitals showed a great game. Batting first, Lucknow scored 159 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi achieved this target with 8 wickets in 17.5 overs. After the match, LSG captain Rishabh Pant explained why his team lost in this match.

What did Rishabh Pant say after the defeat?

In the post match presentation ceremony, Rishabh Pant said that the toss played an important role in this match. The first bowling team is getting a lot of help from the pitch. This is often seen in Lucknow, as the match progresses, the pitch becomes easy to bat. Pant further said that the match runs like this and he cannot make any excuse for it. Pant also told that batting in the second innings here becomes easy. The LSG captain further said that his team knew that he had scored 20 runs.

Pant revealed about batting at number 7

In this match, Rishabh Pant came down to batting number 7 and sent Abdul Samad for batting before himself. His decision is also being criticized a lot. After the match, Pant also gave the reason behind this decision. He said that he wanted to take advantage of the circumstances. He sent Abdul Samad to take advantage of the pitch in such a situation. Even after David Miller went to the crease, the run pace did not rise. Looking at these things, a good combination will have to be created. Let us know that in the last few matches, Abdul Samad was scoring fast in the last overs. But in this match he failed to do so. He was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar by scoring just two runs in eight balls. Pant’s decision to send Abdul Samad up proved to be completely wrong.

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