Lucknow Tremendous Giants slumped to their second defeat of the continued season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) of their third sport whereas leaves them in sixth spot within the IPL 2025 standings. For the LSG crew, this newest loss was much more bruising because it got here at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket. The defeat additionally raised the scrutiny of the franchise which had opted to let captain KL Rahul stroll away forward of the IPL auctions. To exchange Rahul, LSG guess large on Rishabh Pant within the IPL auctions, spending a whopping Rs 27 crore thus making him the most costly participant within the match’s historical past.
On Tuesday, Pant’s keep within the center in opposition to Punjab lasted simply 5 balls the place he managed to attain simply two runs.
So is the burden of the large price ticket hanging heavy on his shoulders?
“Realizing Rishabh Pant, I don’t suppose it’s the worth tag that’s affecting him,” cricketer-turned-analyst Piyush Chawla mentioned on JioStar after Punjab Kings eight-wicket victory over the Pant-led LSG.
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Rishabh Pant and Zaheer Khan of Lucknow Tremendous Giants after LSG’s Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) defeat to Punjab Kings on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. (Picture: Sportzpics for IPL)
Chawla did level out that Pant was in the course of a batting stoop. Pant is at present the seventh highest runscorer for LSG with simply 17 runs from this three innings. 15 of these runs have come from only one stint within the center.
“He’s at present not in the very best of kind. Pant has been out of the Indian white-ball circuit, and coming into this match because the captain of a franchise, there have been excessive expectations of him. Quite a bit occurred final yr, and naturally, so much was anticipated from him this season. Sadly, each his crew’s marketing campaign and his private kind haven’t began properly. His dismissal in the present day was significantly disappointing — it was a ball that would have been put away anyplace, but he discovered the fielder at brief nice leg. His response afterward, that realizing smile, prompt he’s conscious he’s going by a tough patch the place issues simply aren’t going his method.”