IPL 2022: The Concern Is The Style With Which He Is Playing - Virender Sehwag Unimpressed With Rishabh Pant's 'Responsible' Approach
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag believes that Delhi Capitals (DC) captain, Rishabh Pant, needs to shed his inhibitions and play his natural attacking style instead of trying to anchor an innings.
In the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Friday, Pant scored 39 off 36 balls, a painfully slow knock by any T20 standards, let alone his. He cannot afford to play like this if he wants to have a good IPL, as per Sehwag.
“The concern is with the style with which he is playing. Win or loss doesn’t matter here. If he can change his attitude…look at the number of balls he has played, he should have scored at least 60 in those number of deliveries.”
“Had he scored those 20 runs more, then that would have cost Lucknow. I just feel that he should not change his style. He should play more freely because the day he scores big he wins the game for the team, and everybody knows that,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
“He should come and hit the ball and if he misses he goes back” – Virender Sehwag
Sehwag believes that Pant should not try to finish matches and stay till the end but instead, just try to go all-out as he does for the Indian team in any format.
“But if he thinks that he wants to play responsibly because he’s the captain, then he won’t be successful in this year’s IPL because that is not how he plays.”
“He doesn’t have that attitude that he should play responsibly and finish off games. He should come and hit the ball and if he misses he goes back – that should be his attitude and it should be clear cut,” Sehwag added.
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