IPL 2026 | 'We could have actually scored five or ten runs more...': LSG's captain Rishabh Pant on loss against RR
Updated On: 19 May, 2026 11:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
With an aim of chasing the target of 221 runs, RR's stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal accumulated 43 runs in 23 balls, including eight boundaries and a maximum. Impact Player, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, played a glorious knock of 93 runs off just 38 balls, including seven boundaries and 10 maximums

Rishabh Pant (Pic: File Pic)
In the IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rajasthan Royals (RR) emerged victorious by .... wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Lucknow.
After suffering a defeat, LSG's captain Rishabh Pant said, "(On the score of 220 at the halfway stage) I think there are a few ways to look at it. In the middle overs and then in the last over, the way Archer bowled, I think it was really good. But we could have actually scored five or ten runs more on this kind of wicket when you get that kind of start, and we just couldn’t capitalize in the last over. (on defending a score on such a batting-friendly surface) It’s definitely a difficult one for sure because you always want to back your bowlers, but sometimes it’s hard. On a wicket like this, there is less margin for the bowlers and having too many suggestions doesn’t work out. Sometimes you have to keep a simple plan, keep focusing one ball at a time and just try to execute the plan".
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