India, April 25 -- Breaking down professional sport is best left to experts but, occasionally, their take leaves ordinary fans dissatisfied with the answers .
Rishabh Pant's role during Lucknow Super Giant's loss to Delhi Capitals is one such instance. Batting first, his team was in a spot of bother with wickets falling at regular intervals. Captain Pant was all set for action -padded up, hand taped with plaster, willow in hand. Yet, to the utter surprise of everyone, he chose the safety of the dug out instead of striding out to the middle to take on the opposition .
The reluctance (or at least it looked like that) to step up and get into battle was like a soldier refusing to take up arms. Why was Rishabh stuck to the dugout? Was this - s...