New Delhi, March 25 -- South African batting veteran Faf Du Plessis hailed Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant's talent and range of shots and attributed his lack of success in T20 cricket at the international level to "being almost frantic" at times.

The batter adviced the keeper-batter not to "premeditate" shots on every ball to find more consistency.

This Indian Premier League (IPL) season will be a make-or-break season for Pant, who was catapulted to stardom in the late 2010s through this league and his sensational 360-degree hitting. However, his T20I career leaves too much to be desired, scoring just 1,209 runs in 66 innings at an average of 23.25 and a strike rate of 127.26, with three fifties. With India winning the ...