Rishabh Pant has opened up on his plans for the IPL 2025. This time, he will play for LSG and also lead the team. He also shared his approach to protecting his players and himself from all the criticism as a captain as well. He again said that players need not be told everything and internal team discussions shouldn’t be revealed outside as well. Notably, he became the most expensive buy of IPL with a massive worth of ₹27 crore.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “As a captain, mostly what I try to do is that internally you can discuss 1000 things, but externally, if I am saying I back you, then I am putting my skin under it. Sometimes you have to shield the player. Everything doesn’t have to go to the player. Sometimes you have to take care that the internal talks don’t come out. As a player, not thinking about it. My only thing is to give my 200 percent when I am on the field regardless of the situation and whether I am doing good or not because my thought is how I can contribute.”

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Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also asked Rishabh Pant whether he wants to become India’s future captain, to which he replied positively as well.

“I have thought about it. I used to think more extreme in that way before the injury, but the injury taught me that what is meant to happen will happen eventually. As Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) says – ‘Focus on the process, the result will take care of itself.’ It’s easier to say, but when you do it every day, it actually makes you like a horse with blinkers on the side of the eyes. Then you are not focusing on what is on the right or the left. Then you are on a path, you are on a journey, and you are doing that,” Rishabh Pant concluded.