Rishabh Pant: The 40th match of IPL 2025 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals, in which LSG captain Rishabh Pant became the biggest villain of the team’s defeat.
Rishabh Pant: The status of Lucknow Super Giants, which made a good start in IPL 2025, has now gone up. He had to face defeat in the match against Delhi on 22 March. This match was very important for captain Rishabh Pant and the team, but once again Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow and won. The special thing is that in this defeat, the team’s captain Rishabh Pant’s performance was the most disappointing. Pant is a match winner, but in this match he emerged as the biggest villain of the team’s defeat. Let’s know how…
Lucknow got a good start
Actually, in this match played in Lucknow, the home team LSG started the match great. Aidan Marakram and Mitchell Marsh shared a partnership of more than 50 runs for the first wicket, but Lucknow’s innings collapsed after falling on the first wicket on the score of 87 in the tenth over.
Lucknow’s middle order flop, Pant’s decisions surprised
Nicholas came to Pooran at number three for Lucknow, but was dismissed for only 9 runs. Puran was going on in almost all the matches, but Mitchell Starc made him clean bowled against Delhi. At number four, Pant was sent to Abdul Samad, who could score 2 runs off 8 balls and was dismissed. The decision to send them up went wrong. Everyone felt that now Pant would come for batting, but he sent the number five to the withdrawed. Then Ayush Badoni was sent as impact player at number six. Eventually, Pant landed at number seven to bat and was out quickly. His decisions overshadowed the team.
Rishabh Pant dismissed for zero
Rishabh Pant came to bat in the last over of the innings and was dismissed without opening an account. He played only two balls, but did not contribute to the team’s score. Fans and cricket experts did not understand Pant to come at number seven and then get out for zero. Therefore, he is considered to be the biggest villain of Lucknow’s defeat.
Pant’s performance under question
Lucknow Supergiants have retained Rishabh Pant this season for Rs 27 crore, they are among the most expensive players in the history of this league, but both his batting and captaincy this season have not met the expectations till now. Pant’s continuous poor performance is becoming a problem for the team. If this continues, then it can be difficult for the team to reach the playoffs.
LSG remains in the playoff race
Talking about the performance of the team, Lucknow Supergiants are still in the top-4 race by winning 5 out of 9, it is at number 5 in the point table, but Rishabh Pant will have to improve his performance, otherwise the team may have to face difficulties in the upcoming matches.
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