Awaking India
Rishabh Pant scores 0, 15, 2 and 2 in the first four matches of IPL 2025.
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant, the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League auction history with a ₹27 crore signing, endured yet another failure in IPL 2025.
Pant got out for a 6-ball duck in LSG’s first game of the season against his former side, Delhi Capitals. He followed that with 15 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2 against Punjab Kings and another 2 against Mumbai Indians.
Two days after LSG lost to Punjab Kings by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League 2025 at Ekhana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of LSG, backed Rishabh Pant.
In a video, Goneka could be heard backing his decision to pick Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crore, but stated that Pant’s best is yet to come.
Netizens react LSG vs MI,
As of April 5, 2025, there is no scheduled match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. However, LSG’s captain, Rishabh Pant, has been under scrutiny due to a series of underwhelming performances in the tournament.
In LSG’s opening match against Delhi Capitals, Pant was dismissed for a six-ball duck, raising concerns about his form. In the subsequent game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he managed to score 15 runs off 15 balls but was dismissed in a controversial manner off a high full toss. His struggles continued in the match against Punjab Kings, where he scored only 2 runs off 5 balls, bringing his total to 17 runs in three innings.
These performances have led to criticism from fans and analysts, especially considering Pant’s acquisition by LSG for ₹27 crore, making him the most expensive player in IPL history. Discussions have emerged about his batting position, with former cricketers suggesting that he might be more effective opening the batting.
Rishabh Pant scores 0, 15, 2 and 2 in the first four matches of IPL 2025. Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant, the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League auction history with a ₹27 crore signing, endured yet another failure in IPL 2025.
LSG’s management, including owner Sanjiv Goenka, has been seen engaging in discussions with Pant following the team’s losses, indicating the importance of addressing these performance issues as the tournament progresses.
“What was a little disappointing for me here, considering it’s a home game, and you know, in IPL you’ve seen how teams have looked at taking a little bit of home advantage, you know,” said the former India pacer in the post-match press interaction.
“So yeah, from that point of view, you’ve seen the curator is not really thinking that it’s a home game. You know, I think maybe it looked like, you know, it was Punjab curator out here.”
The former pacer, who was the global head of cricket development at Mumbai Indians before joining LSG, added that all this deprives the home team fans of watching their side dominating the proceedings.
KKR fans are happy that their most expensive signing, Venkatesh Iyer, is out of the bad form. Iyer made a 29-ball 60 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday.
Another user pointed to the three single-digit scores of Pant.
The third user was a bit too harsh with the criticism. He called Pant a “fraud”.
Rishabh Pant in IPL
Rishabh Pant made his IPL debut with Delhi Capitals in 2016 and scored 198 runs. The 2018 season was Pant’s best, where he scored 684 runs at a sensational strike rate of 174. He also smashed his first and only IPL century in the same year. Pant was made the captain of the Delhi franchise in 2021, leading the team to a third-place finish.
Rishabh Pant missed the 2023 season due to a horrific life-threatening accident. He made a successful comeback last year, scoring 446 runs in 13 innings. Pant was released by Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2025 mega auction.
