'Just Want To Switch Off': Rishabh Pant Won't Think About Cricket Ahead Of England Tour

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 08:30 IST

The Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants ended their IPL 2025 connected Tuesday nighttime with a decision successful a high-scoring contest.

Rishabh Pant signed disconnected with a century. (BCCI Photo)

With his IPL run concluded, India’s dynamic wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant expressed connected Tuesday his tendency to “switch off" for a fewer days earlier departing for the Test circuit of England successful a “good framework of mind."

Pant delivered an outstanding performance, scoring a singular period – 118 disconnected 61 balls – to propel Lucknow Super Giants to 227 for 3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful the last league lucifer of IPL 2025.

However, RCB clinched a memorable victory, acknowledgment to Jitesh Sharma’s explosive 33-ball 85 and Mayank Agarwal’s brisk 23-ball 41. Their unbeaten 107-run concern for the 5th wicket secured RCB a spot successful Qualifier 1.

“Just privation to power disconnected for a fewer days, not deliberation astir cricket, and past the England bid is coming up and conscionable preparing for that successful a bully framework of mind," Pant commented during the presumption ceremony.

The LSG skipper lamented the lack of cardinal bowlers for a important information of the play owed to injuries.

“Eventually, you person to play 40 overs of bully cricket. 20 overs volition decidedly not prevention you successful a T20 game, and that’s been our story. We faced galore wounded issues earlier the tournament, and that affected america passim the season," Pant noted astatine the presumption ceremony.

Left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan missed the full play for LSG, portion explicit gait bowler Mayank Yadav spent astir of the tourney connected the sidelines. Mayank made a little instrumentality but appeared underprepared and was ruled retired again with different backmost injury.

After an underwhelming season, Pant recovered his form, hitting 11 fours and 8 sixes during his superb innings.

“I was feeling amended with each match, but sometimes it conscionable doesn’t enactment out. Today, I ensured that if I started well, I should marque it big, conscionable arsenic experienced players do, learning from the best.

“Whenever you get a start, effort to marque it arsenic large arsenic possible. I focused connected however they were going to vessel and tried to play the field. I kept it simple, playing done the line, looking for the areas and gaps.

“I played each shot with the aforesaid strength and maintained that strength passim the innings," Pant explained.

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