 "Virender Sehwag offers advice to struggling Rishabh Pant: 'Should call Dhoni... watch his old IPL clips'")
Virender Sehwag has urged Rishabh Pant to reach out to idol MS Dhoni and rewatch clips of some of his standout knocks from the past in order to regain his confidence on focus on the field and come out of the slump that he is currently going through.
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has been having a forgettable run in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League , in which he has scored just 128 runs in 11 outings at an abysmal strike rate of 99.22. Half of those runs came in a knock of 63 against Chennai Super Kings in a home game which incidentally came in a losing cause. The latest of those failures came in LSG's 37-run defeat against Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on Sunday, in which he was dismissed for 18 off 17 balls.
And what makes his stats even worse is his price tag – the senior India wicketkeeper-batter had become the most expensive player in IPL history after LSG acquired him for Rs 27 crore, naming him captain soon after.
“Again, he does have a mobile, all he needs to pick up the phone and call someone. If you feel you are thinking negatively, there are so many cricketers you can discuss with. Dhoni is his role model, so he should call him. It will lighten him up,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz following PBKS’ victory over LSG in the evening match of the Sunday double-header.
Sehwag reveals Dravid’s advice on overcoming lean patch
Sehwag also revealed Indian batting legend and former head coach Rahul Dravid’s advice on coming out of a lean patch and advised Pant, who has had a mixed run across formats since returning from a 15-month absence after a car accident, to follow the same.
“I think Rishabh Pant should watch his old IPL clips where he scored runs, and that will give him confidence. Many times, we tend to forget our routines because this Rishabh Pant is totally different from the one we saw before his injury.
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More Shorts“I remember back in 2006/07, when I was struggling with runs, I was dropped from the Indian team, and then Rahul Dravid told me to go back and check my routine from the days when I used to score runs. Sometimes when there are disturbances in the routine, it affects the runs,” he added.
The Super Giants currently are seventh on the points table following their defeat against the Kings – their third in a row – and Kolkata Knight Riders’ victory over Rajasthan Royals earlier in the day.
While they still are in the race to the playoffs with 10 points to their name from 11 matches, Lucknow will need to win at least two of their last three league games in order to stand a chance of securing a top-four finish. And for that to happen, the team management will be hoping captain Pant shakes off his poor run and leads from the front with a couple of big knocks.
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