Lucknow, April 22 -- Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant outlined the reason behind holding himself back in the batting order and shed light on the continued absence of tearaway Mayank Yadav despite his presence in the impact subs list following their thumping eight-wicket defeat in their home den against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday night in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

After being put to bat by DC skipper Axar Patel, Lucknow got off to a blistering start with an explosive 87-run opening stand between Aiden Markram (52) and Mitchell Marsh (45). After Markram fell in the 10th over and the in-form Nicholas Pooran (9) put on a flop show, many expected Pant to take the crease and unleash a fusillade of boundaries....