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T20 World Cup-winning captain Rohit Sharma recently revealed on 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant had deliberately taken the break in the World Cup final. Rohit said that this move of Pant helped his team in changing the outcome of the match. Now Pant's own statement on this incident has come out. He has also revealed why he suddenly thought of doing this.
Pant said, 'I was already thinking about it, because the momentum had turned in favor of the opposition team. So I was wondering when this moment will come again when you play a World Cup final. So I was telling the physio to take his time and not waste time. When Pant took the break, South Africa needed 26 runs from 24 balls.
Sometimes it works – pants
In the viral video, Rishabh Pant said, 'He was asking me if I was okay. I told him I was just acting. I am not saying that in such match situations it works every time, but sometimes it does. And if it works like this in a moment then you don't need anything else.'
Team India benefited from this move of Pant
Pant's strategy worked in the middle of the match. Due to this break, South Africa's mischievous batsman Heinrich Klaasen lost his rhythm and was out on the ball of Hardik Pandya. After this, the Proteas team kept losing wickets continuously and fell seven runs short of the target. Virat Kohli was given the Player of the Match award for his innings of 76 runs in difficult times.