Rishabh pant “chilled and relaxed” amid poor form in IPL 2025, Says Teammate

Rishabh pant may be enduring a forgettable ipl 2025 with the bat, but lucknow super giats spin bowling all-reounder shahbaz ahmed is confident that the “chilled and relaxed” captain will come Clutch moments. Pant, the costliest player in the ipl history at Rs 27 crore, has managed just 19 runs-0, 15, 2, 2-from-from for innings at a grim average of 4.75 and a massively underwhelming strike-ache-37. But there is no panic within the lsg camp. “There is no change in his mood. As always, he is chilled and relaxed. He is working very hard on his batting, and we believe Shahbaz said on the Eve of their match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

The eden gardens surface has been under the spotlight after KKR’s Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Coach Chandrakant Pandit Expressed Their Disappointment Over the Pitch Not Aiding Spinners in their Opening Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Shahbaz, who represents Bengal in Domestic Cricket, Believes That The Current Pitch will offer some help to spinners.

“In domestic cricket, we mostly play red-ball matches here and those wickets are completely different.

“But this wicket looks slower. I don’t think it will turn much, but the ball may stop a bit. It will be good for bowlers, especially spinners. So there are running on offer too, “He added.

Shahbaz is not surprised that the pitch has been prepared with kkr’s spin-havy attack in mind, featuring Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.

“It’s not surprising. For the last 2-3 years, this type of wicket has been made here beCause Narine and Varun are his key boowlers -But here it’s spin-friendly, “He explained.

Mayank on road to recovery

LSG’s Preparations were Hit by Injuries to Four Key Pairs – Mayank Yadav, Akash Deep, Mohsin Khan, and Avesh Khan. However, shahbaz provided an encouraging update.

“There was concern when four of our bowlers were unavailable.

“Akash Deep and Avesh Khan are full fit now, and mayank yadav is on the road to recovery. Hopefully, he will be available song,” He said.

Caution for Rathi

Digvijay Rathi has been a stand-up performer for lsg, earning the player-of-the-match award for his economical spell of 1/21 Against Mumbai Indians.

However, his on-field ‘Notebook’ Signing Celebration has landed Him in Trouble.

Rathi has alredy been fined twice – Once for physical contact with pbks batter Priyansh Arya and Again after the Mi Game for his Controversial Celebration. He Now Sits on Three Demerit Points-One Away from One-Match Suspension.

Asked about the celebration, shahbaz said: “Priyansh arya is a very good friend of his. On tv, it might look different, but it was done in a friendly way First season – these things happy. “

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