Rishabh Pant, the most expensive participant within the historical past of the IPL at Rs 27 crore, made a weird name throughout Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ match towards Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2025 match. The LSG captain, who typically bat at No. 4, got here to bat at No. 7 within the IPL 2025 recreation, that too within the final over. The LSG captain’s keep on the crease lasted simply two balls as he obtained out for 0. On the toss, Pant’s proper hand was closely taped. Nevertheless, it isn’t recognized, whether or not that had something to do with him coming at No. 7. Later, Pant stored the wickets too.
Social media customers blasted Rishabh Pant for approaching so late as LSG struggled to even contact 160-mark. Actually, LSG may handle simply 159/6 in 20 overs.
Rishabh Pant/27CR preparing for two hours simply to face 2 balls. #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/A2ky6lPLN5
— CricInfinity (@HawkkEyeee) April 22, 2025
Bringing Rishabh Pant to Bat #LSGvsDC pic.twitter.com/4S0yLFEiXk
— Naresh Patel (@nareshptl10) April 22, 2025
A cheerful and fearless participant like Rishabh Pant is now getting out repeatedly due to the worry of Goenka ji. He is not even in a position to play his pure recreation anymore. The rationale behind this appears to be simply worry. What do you suppose?#LSGvsDC pic.twitter.com/LMTzEPLoTQ
— Krushna Gadhave (@GadhaveG97368) April 22, 2025
“Rishabh Pant scored 100 runs, just one is lacking and 0 was seen#DCvsLSG #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/Pt1Foolqwk
— HEEBA KHAN (@HeebaKhan86) April 22, 2025
A unbelievable exhibition of intelligent variations by Delhi’s tempo troika, couple with an damage to skipper Rishabh Pant, left Lucknow Tremendous Giants in full tatters because the hosts managed solely 159 for six in an IPL match on Tuesday. The trio of Mukesh Kumar (4/33 in 4 overs), Mitchell Starc (1/25 in 4 overs) and Dushmantha Chameera (1/25 in 3 overs) used totally different sorts of slower deliveries to perfection as LSG huffed and puffed their well past the 150-run mark after being 87/1 on the finish of 10 overs.
Within the remaining 10 overs, LSG may handle solely 72 runs recording their lowest group whole of the match to date.
Pant’s injured palm additionally harm LSG’s probabilities of propping up their whole with the skipper coming in at No.7 for a two-ball duck.
The diminutive Ayush Badoni (36 off 21 balls), who depends extra on timing the ball than brute energy, did play his half however one does not know if that will be sufficient contemplating the depth within the Delhi Capitals batting.
It was one other excellent present by the DC bowling unit, which has been good all through the primary half of the match.
Aiden Markram (52 off 33 balls) attacked effectively and Mitchell Marsh (45 off 36 balls) for as soon as performed second fiddle, permitting the South African to dominate.
The ball was coming properly onto the bat throughout the first 10 overs and the bounce was even.
Sensing the character of the monitor, the DC bowlers modified their tactic effortlessly and began taking tempo off the deliveries whereas altering the size.
Chameera obtained Markram with a fuller supply, which he tried to slash however discovered the one fielder stationed at deep cowl.
Nevertheless it was Starc, who dealt a telling blow when he obtained the dangerous-looking Nicholas Pooran (9), who began with a few sweeps off Kuldeep Yadav.
Sensing that the West Indian would tonk the size balls bowled at something above 135 clicks, Starc bowled a sluggish bouncer and compelled him to hurry into an unsightly pull with each his ft off the bottom. The consequence was an inside edge onto the stumps.
With Pant nursing an injured palm, Abdul Samad (2 off 8 balls) and Marsh have been out in fast succession as Mukesh Kumar diversified the velocity of his deliveries to get two wickets in a single over.
Whereas Badoni performed some cheeky strokes, LSG completed effectively beneath what can be thought-about par-score on this Ekana Stadium monitor.
With PTI inputs
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