If you don’t take responsibility, you cannot help your team win games: Kaif on Pant

Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif has criticised Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant despite the team’s win over Kolkata Knight Riders, saying the keeper-batter must improve his game awareness and take more responsibility for consistent results.

Despite Pant’s underwhelming knock of 10 runs and a poor top-order performance, LSG managed to win a last-ball thriller by three wickets in Kolkata on Thursday, thanks to Mukul Choudhary’s six-filled half-century from a difficult situation.

Pant has been patchy, scoring two below-par scores on either side of a half-century in his three games so far.

Kaif pointed out the inconsistency, saying that an experienced player like him should strive to bat through the chase and not throw away his wicket. “...the team needed him to stay till the end,” Kaif said on Star Sports.

“He is an experienced player, having been in the IPL.