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Zak Draws on Positives for LSG After Last Loss
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|May 29, 2025
One good knock even in the last game of the season has changed everyone's perspective of the Lucknow Super Giants' captain Rishabh Pant, even as team mentor, Zaheer 'Zak' Khan, averred that the team never doubted Rishabh Pant's quality as a batter.
LUCKNOW:
Pant had a tough time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 after LSG failed to make their way through to the playoffs and finished seventh in consecutive seasons. However, the 27-year-old Pant was at his very best in LSG's last league game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here on Tuesday.
He hammered his second IPL hundred off 54 balls and guided LSG through to a score of 227 for three. Zaheer said that Pant's leadership was a "bright spot" for LSG in the season, but said that the tournament would be a learning experience for him as a batter.
"Well, he's been good as a leader. That was a bright positive for us throughout the season. The form with the bat was definitely a learning experience for him, having this kind of season. But his ability and calibre are not in doubt. That's how we are looking at it," Zaheer said after the match on Tuesday night.
This story is from the May 29, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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