Captain Gangta lauds Himachal’s health, says poor Ranji type ‘just a phase’ with hopes of higher momentum

Although Himachal Pradesh by no means actually bought momentum this Ranji Trophy season, its batter Nikhil Gangta feels it’s only a part that each crew goes by means of.

Coming into the final encounter of the event right here in opposition to Pondicherry, a winless Himachal is reeling on the final spot in Group D, fearing relegation to Plate Group subsequent season.

In six matches, it has misplaced 4. And within the 4 video games it took a lead in, Himachal misplaced three and drew one.

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“Sometimes this phase comes, the kind of phase we are in,” Gangta advised Sportstar. “This year we have collapsed a lot. It happens with all teams and players that one season you perform like this. There’s no specific reason, it’s just that we never had momentum, sometimes conditions didn’t favour us,” he added.

The 31-year-old says few of the gamers took time to regulate to the red-ball format after enjoying the restricted overs.

“For multi-day (games), you need preparation and discipline. Earlier we used to play the Ranji Trophy and then the limited overs. Now from shorter formats, we are coming to multi-day. So few players took time to adjust.”

Coming into this match, Gangta himself had a run of poor outings with the bat, having scored simply 129 runs. However, he redeemed himself with a marathon 242-ball 108 to assist Himachal end the season on a excessive.

“I should have done better for my team and personally as well. Now I have played a better innings which is good for the team and for me. It’s always team first for me. So, I’m happy that I contributed. (We) could have done much better with this kind of calibre,” Gangta, who has scored 3023 runs in First-Class cricket, mentioned.

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Himachal has had an general good run this home season, ending third in its group throughout Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023-24, with 5 wins out of seven, and fourth within the Vijay Hazare group stage with three wins in six matches.

Gangta says health being of utmost significance has raised the sport degree as nicely.

“In Himachal, we give a lot of importance to fitness. All our players are super fit. We have agility and good power. We work a lot during off seasons and we have a new fitness criterion as well. We have to do 17.1 in Yo-Yo tests. So we have improved a lot on many things,” he mentioned.