The nearby defeats, which are also a loss of a single wickt, are a bitter pill to swallow. For Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) that is what happened on Monday, since they allowed Delhi Capitals to return from the edge at 65/5 and pursue an objective of 210 in Visakhapatnam.
The pain would be much more shameful for Rishabh Pant, who was a man from Delhi Capitals throughout his career before making the change to LSG for the Indian Premier League (IPL). The archer’s battery, given the reins of the team immediately, was left with a red face when he let his old team turn his current script.
Like his predecessor KL Rahul, who was dragged to an argument with the owner of the Sanjeev Goenka team last year, Pant was seen talking with him after the defeat against DC. At that time, Rahul had admitted that the play in the public eye had clearly affected the morale of the team. It is known what Goenka had told Pant after such a narrow defeat.
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