Bought for Rs. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been the biggest flop ever in the 2025 mega auction, Rishabh Pant is certainly the biggest flop of the campaign. The stylish left -handed player was highly expected, who broke all the salary records in the T20 league with a switch from Delhi’s capitals to Lucknow super veterans. However, in both matches against DC, LSG suffered defeat under the leadership of Pants. What was baffling on Tuesday was that pants came out to bat in number 7, which promoted the choice of Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni and David Miller.
Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh once again gave Lucknow a surprising start to the top, scoring 87 runs on the board for the first wicket. But the hosts can still put only 159/6 on the board in Ekna. Pants, who came out to bat after Ayush Badoni’s dismissal, could not even open his account before bowling by Mukesh Kumar.
The LSG captain was blindly angry when the team returned to the dugout. The frustration of former India cricketers Anil Kumble and Suresh Raina Feel Pants were down to the team management’s decision to bat late.
“It’s okay if you wanted to bat more independently under less pressure from arrival late, but it was too late. The kind of frustration Rishabh showing it is clear that he was doing injustice. He probably wanted to bat. Was it his decision? Or was this coach Justin Langer or maybe Mentor Zaheer Khan?”
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Pant and the team’s patron Zaheer, even an argument on the bench, Raina suggested that it was about the position of the wicket-keeper batsman.
Raina said, “There are 20 overs left. You have to keep the wicket and captain on the side. You have to win your side. He is discussing with Zaheer Khan.”
While the output was quite disappointing, Kumble feels that it was wrong for the pants that the way he does, reacting.
The legendary leg-spinner said, “You have to make peace in these situations. He is the captain. He has to take it in a positive way. Whatever frustration or anger he is, he should translate into a positive performance.”
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