'Give him time to splash some water on face': Gavaskar on Rishabh Pant using 'F' word

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant drew wide disapproval aft his post-match remark that included the 'F' word. Pant, aft LSG's decision to Rajasthan Royals connected May 19 astatine the Sawai Mansingh Stadium successful Jaipur, was called for the post-match interrogation and said: "We're a f***** bully team," connected unrecorded television.For this comment, Pant was slammed and criticised from each corners.

However, erstwhile India skipper Sunil Gavaskar backed Pant and said broadcasters should person fixed the skipper immoderate breathing abstraction alternatively than calling him straight conscionable aft the match."Rishabh Pant dropping the 'F' connection successful his post-game interrogation does marque 1 wonderment whether it is indispensable to interrogation the skipper whose squad has conscionable mislaid the crippled hardly minutes earlier.

If it's been a last-over finish, past the disappointment for the skipper would beryllium adjacent greater and if helium is besides the wicketkeeper who has been moving up and down to the stumps each different transportation and that excessively successful this heat, past it tin adhd to his frustration," Gavaskar wrote successful Mid-day.Both LSG and Pant didn't person a bully outing successful Indian Premier League 2026. LSG signed disconnected IPL 2026 astatine the bottommost of the points table. They managed conscionable 4 wins successful 14 matches and suffered 10 defeats.

Pant excessively struggled with the bat, scoring conscionable 312 runs successful 14 matches."It mightiness beryllium a amended thought to talk to the 'player of the match' from the winning squad and springiness the skipper of the losing squad a small clip to splash immoderate h2o connected his look and regain his composure and past travel implicit for an interview. As it is, determination volition beryllium a spot of clip for the presumption enactment to beryllium ready, truthful giving the skipper of the squad that has lost, a fewer much minutes could good guarantee that specified things won't happen," helium added."Rishabh Pant is 1 of the astir cheerful guys successful the crippled who loves playing the athletics successful his ain unsocial way. And the information that adjacent helium mislaid it does marque the lawsuit for the losing team's skipper to beryllium fixed a fewer much minutes to retrieve his thoughts alternatively than person the mic shoved successful his look adjacent earlier helium has had clip to get his enactment back. Is that excessively overmuch to ask?" helium wrote.