Former South African cricketer Shaun Pollock believes Rishabh Pant’s comments after the Lucknow Super Giants Super Over loss to Kolkata Knight Riders may have indirectly put the blame on the team management.After LSG lost to KKR in the Super Over, Pant said too many opinions during the game made it difficult to take decisions.The match ended in a Super Over after Mohammed Shami hit a six off the last ball of the innings. But Sunil Narine then bowled a good Super Over for KKR to help his team win.LSG captain Rishabh Pant’s two decisions came in for heavy criticism – he gave Digvesh Rathi the final over where Rinku Singh hit four sixes in a row and sent Nicholas Pooran into the Super Over.After the match, Pant said, “Too many minds don’t make it easy on the ground.”Pollock said such a statement from the captain was not ideal because it sounded like he was pointing the finger at the management group.“It’s not really good that it’s coming from the captain because he’s basically saying too many people are giving me information and he’s kind of under the guidance of the management group that they have,” Pollock said on Cricbuzz.
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Is Pant on the phone or is Lucknow spoiling too many minds?He also said that it is difficult to fully assess the situation because outsiders do not know how decisions are made in the LSG dressing room.“Maybe we don’t know how it works; that’s the problem. You don’t know who has the last call, you don’t know who’s sitting with them and giving them an understanding of what they’re feeling, or who’s having discussions with them,” Pollock added.But Pant also spoke about the need for the whole team to take responsibility after a defeat.He said at the post-match presentation that the team needed a short break to reset and better handle the pressure.“I think we definitely need a break. I think we’re going to freshen up. There’s always pressure and it’s always going to be a pressure game, but at the same time, we’ve got to find the answers inside, not outside. And just keep it simple. We’ve got to take responsibility — every guy. Like, it can’t be about one or two guys. It’s got to be about the whole unit, and a lot of people will definitely take it,” Pant said.
