{"id":280611,"date":"2025-04-12T23:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/i-thought-out-of-form-rishabh-pant-reveals-why-he-opened-the-innings-vs-gujarat-titans-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T23:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:17:35","slug":"i-thought-out-of-form-rishabh-pant-reveals-why-he-opened-the-innings-vs-gujarat-titans-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/i-thought-out-of-form-rishabh-pant-reveals-why-he-opened-the-innings-vs-gujarat-titans-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I thought \u2026’: Out-of-form Rishabh Pant reveals why he opened the innings vs Gujarat Titans | Cricket News – The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucknow Super Giants’ batter Rishabh Pant plays a shot. (PTI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant<\/a> is keeping it simple as he looks to overcome a lean patch with the bat \u2014 spend time in the middle and let the runs follow.
Pant, signed for a record Rs 27 crore, has scored just 40 runs across six matches this IPL<\/a> season. However, in Saturday\u2019s six-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Ekana Stadium, Pant showed encouraging signs, scoring 21 off 18 balls with four boundaries. Promoted to open the innings in Mitchell Marsh<\/a>\u2019s absence, the left-hander looked fluent before falling to Prasidh Krishna.
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“I think every match I am feeling much better,” Pant said at the post-match presentation. “Today, Marsh not being there gave me an opportunity, and I thought the more time I spend at the wicket, it would help me going forward in the tournament.”
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While Pant\u2019s innings was brief, Nicholas Pooran<\/a> carried the chase with a blistering 61 off 34 balls, his fourth fifty of the season. Pant was full of praise: “We are happy to have Nicholas Pooran in our team. The way he is reading the game and batting is phenomenal.”
Pant also lauded his bowlers for pulling things back after a strong GT start. “The way we pulled it back was amazing\u2026 the idea was to bowl yorkers and slower ones into the wicket, and the execution was spot on.”<\/p>\n

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The win lifted LSG to third place with four victories in six games. They next face Chennai Super Kings<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n


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