Lucknow Super Veteran (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant was not able to end his bad run of form, falling for another weak score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. After the trio of Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, and Nicholas Pooran fell quickly, Pant, Ayush Badoni and other middle-order batsmen were on Pant, Ayush Badoni and other middle-order batsmen to revive the team’s position in a 237-run chase against ONUS Punjab. However, LSG could only reach 199/7, despite Badoni’s 40-ball 74. Once again this season, Lucknow was allowed down by his captain, pants, when he was most needed, and the owner Sanjeev Goenka’s response expressed the spirit in the dugout.
Half a century by Ayush Badoni and his 81-run stand with Abdul Samad was the only highlight as LSG lost 37 runs after a top-order failure at HPCA Stadium in Dharmasala. If the skipper pants show more patience in the middle, things can be eliminated differently for super giants.
Sanjeev Goenka, who developed a reputation as a difficult taskmaster after several on-field conflicts with his captains, was not happy to see the pants quickly. Wicket-keeper Batter was purchased by Goenka for a record fee of INR 27 crore at the mega auction last year. So far, it is appropriate to say, the price of money has not been received.
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After the game, the pants convicted the team’s poor fielding as the reason behind the defeat.
“Surely a lot of runs. When you are going to drop important catch at the wrong time, it is going to hurt you badly. We thought it is going to do more. We have not initially chosen the length right. It is a part of the game and a parcel. The dream is still alive. If we are going to win the next three matches, we can definitely change it.
“It is understandable that when your top order is really batting well. In every match, you can hope that they will land well. It is part of the game. We need to take the game deeply. Every time, they can’t do heavy work for us. As you said earlier, we had a lot of chase.
Thanks to the victory, Punjab has finished second in the Kings Points table, while Lucknow has fallen to 7th position.
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