Mind games are very common in sports. For someone, who thinks sports is all about the physical aspects, they’d be surprised to know how far mind games can take an athlete. Rishabh Pant also used his quick thinking to play a small role in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma during his recent appearance in a popular TV show revealed how Pant used his brain and broke the momentum South Africa had gained during the final. Rishabh faked a knee injury and called the physio onto the field to delay the proceedings.
During a recent event organized by Star Sports, Rishabh Pant opened up on the conversation he had with the physio urging the support staff to halt the game so that the Indian players could recollect themselves.
“I actually thinking what to do because the momentum had suddenly shifted (in South Africa’s favour), they had scored plenty of runs in 2-3 overs, so I was thinking when will that moment come when we will the World Cup final,” Pant recalled.
“I was asking the physio to take time, when he asked if my knee is fine I said, ‘Bhaiya, main testing kar raha tha’. Sometimes you have to do these types of things in matches, I’m not saying it works every time, but it does work some times and if it works at that kind of a moment, then nothing like it,” the southpaw added.
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“If [I] go to the auction. Will I be sold or not and for how much,” wrote Pant and the comments section was flooded with hilarious memes.
The wicketkeeper batter was rested for the India vs Bangladesh T20I series, and he is expected to make a comeback in the upcoming India vs New Zealand Test series.
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