DC Vs LSG, IPL 2024: We'd Have Better Playoff Chances Had I Played RCB Game - Rishabh Pant

Pant was handed a one-match suspension as a penalty for third slow over rate offence in the tournament. He had to miss DC's penultimate league match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru which his team lost by 47 runs.

♈"I wouldn't say we would have definitely won the game if I had played. But we had a better chance of qualifying if I would have had a chance to play in the last game," Pant said while speaking at the post match presentation ceremony after his team earned a 19-run victory over LSG.

🦂Pant was a big miss in Capitals' loss against RCB which also dented their net run rate which ultimately will cost them a place in the final four. DC finish their league games with seven wins and as many defeats. However, their net run rate is -0.377.

𒆙All other teams in the fray have a better net run rate than this except LSG. Both LSG and DC are only mathematically alive in the tournament and playoff doors for both these teams is almost shut.

♐Pant also rued injuries in the middle of the tournament which derailed their season.

🏅"We started the season with a lot of hope, but there were injuries, and ups and downs. But as a franchise, you can't complain all the time; you have to make use of what you have... There are some things which you can control, but some things which you can't."

LSG skipper KL Rahul ✨pointed towards the lack of big runs from the top order as the reason behind their inconsistent run this season.

💃"This (losing wickets in powerplay) has been a problem right through the season - we keep losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay, we never get a solid start to get the likes of Stoinis and Pooran in, that is the big reason why we are in this position." he said.

൲Ishant Sharma, the Player Of The Match, rocked LSG's top order taking three wickets with the new ball as the Lucknow side lost four wickets in the powerplay only.