Rishabh Pant: "We were 20 runs short, toss played a huge part, whoever is bowling first gets a lot of help from the wicket .. we just couldn't get it away. It always happens in Lucknow, wicket becomes better in the second innings, that's how it goes, we can't make excuses but have to learn from it. We are using Ayush as Impact Player to try and give Mayank some game time early int he season, trying to fit him in, since he's just come from NCA ... We sent someone to capitalise on. wicket like that, Miller came in, we got stuck on that wicket ... we need to figure out our best combination."
2