India, April 20 -- Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) pulled a rabbit out of their hat to beat the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by two wickets in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) . While Avesh Khan has rightly earned most of the plaudits as his stunning display of death-over bowling put the breaks on the Royals, former India batter Mohammed Kaif has said that LSG captain Rishabh Pant's tactics to keep the pressure on the batters in the last over should not be overlooked.

In a video that he posted on his X handle, Kaif noted the amount of time Pant made sure the batter had to wait for each delivery in the last over. RR needed just nine runs to win at the start of it. "The final over began at 11.07pm IST, and it went on for 10 minutes, where There w...