“You are bowling against a player like Rishabh Pant, who is fantastic. He has all the skills in the world,” Lyon, who has taken 530 Test wickets and is expected to play a key role in the series against India, told Star Sports. “As a bowler, you have very little margin for error. So, you have to perform well. If I am going to get hit for a six, it is a challenge as a bowler,” the 36-year-old Lyon said. Pant has been in excellent form in the last two Test series against Australia, scoring 624 runs in 12 innings at an average of 62.40, including a century and two half-centuries, with his highest score being an unbeaten 159.
The wicketkeeper-batsman scored an unbeaten 89 in the second innings of the Brisbane Test in 2021, in which Australia lost their first Test at the ground in 32 years, while India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and won the series 2-1. Lyon said he would try to push Pant on the back-foot and try to make him commit some mistakes. “I am not afraid of getting hit for a six. The challenge is to give batsmen a chance and keep a guy like Rishabh at the crease and potentially try to make him defend me as much as possible… and hopefully create some opportunities along the way.”
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