Price Rs 27 crore, average 15.1: Rishabh Pant’s terrible IPL 2025 continues with another failure

Rishabh Pant’s IPL 2025 rollercoaster continues to tilt downward after another disappointing outing, this time against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Coming off a promising return to form with a 63 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), expectations were high for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain. But he managed just 3 runs off 9 balls before falling to Wanindu Hasaranga in the 8th over — undone by a premeditated reverse sweep that found the edge, sharply caught by Dhruv Jurel.

Pant’s tournament has been a nightmare so far. In seven innings, he’s managed only 106 runs at an average of 15.14 and a strike rate of 89.08 — unthinkable numbers for a player of his calibre, let alone for the world’s costliest franchise player in T20 history.