Ponting gives me full freedom at Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant's propensity to go for the jugular at the outset has often led to his downfall but his IPL franchise Delhi Capitals' coach Ricky Ponting still allows him freedom to do "whatever" he wants to.

"He gives me a free hand. He says do whatever you want to do," Pant said during an Instagram chat with his franchise.

He also called the IPL 2018 season a "life-changing" one for him.

Pant had scored over 650 runs in 14 matches in that IPL at 52.61 and a strike rate of 158.41 with six half centuries.

"That was a life-changing season for me. I needed that breakthrough which everyone needs," he said.

"The core group always thinks of winning IPL for Delhi. We qualified for the knockouts last time and came third."
"I love playing Tests. You can give yourself time. Mostly you can test yourself in Test cricket. When I was playing four-day first-class games, I had heard it is the real test but when I played five-day cricket... it was like you need to put in that extra effort."