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Suddenly, when Rishabh Pant dropped the ‘F’ word during a presentation ceremony, it shocked the cricket world. Former cricketer turned commentator and cricket expert Ian Bishop apologized on Pant’s behalf for the uncensored reply in order to keep the gentlemen’s game clean.
Sunil Gavaskar thinks differently. The Indian cricket legend, who called Rishabh Pant an ‘idiot’ during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, supports the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain amid the controversy.
Rishabh Pant got support from Sunil Gavaskar
Gavaskar, in his column in Mid-Day, tried to explain that the ‘F’ word was derived from pure emotions. After his 9, Rishabh Pant was asked to explain about the matchth Defeat in the season. Sunil Gavaskar suggested to the IPL authority that the losing captain’s interview should be changed immediately after the match, with the losing captain entitled to a few extra minutes to gather his thoughts before going for talks.
Traditionally, the captain of the losing team joins the post-match ceremony and speaks first, followed by the captain of the winning team and the player of the match. Gavaskar’s suggestion is that the captain of the losing team should be called later to hold the mic.
Gavaskar asked IPL to change some rules
The former opener wrote in his column, “Rishabh Pant’s use of the ‘F’ word in the post-game interview makes one wonder whether it is necessary to interview a captain whose team had lost the game just minutes earlier. If it is a matter of the last over, the frustration will be even greater for the captain, and if he is also the wicketkeeper, who is running up and down the stumps on every second ball and that too in this heat, then it could add to his frustration.” Is.”
He said, “It might be a better idea to talk to the ‘Player of the Match’ of the winning team and give the captain of the losing team some time to sprinkle some water on his face and regain his composure and then come for the interview. Anyway, the presentation party will take some time to get ready, so giving a few more minutes to the captain of the team that has lost can ensure that such things do not happen.”
Gavaskar tried to explain Pant as a player
The former cricketer further added that Pant is one of the most cheerful players on the field, who likes to play the game in his own way.
The column further read, “Rishabh Pant is one of the most cheerful people in the game, who loves to play the game in his own unique way. And the fact is that even if he has lost, the captain of the losing team should have been given a few more minutes to collect his thoughts, rather than having a mic shoved in his face before he even got time to breathe.”
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