PBKS vs LSG, IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant’s tough start to the season continued on Tuesday (April 1) as he struggled with the bat once again in the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Rishabh Pant’s Struggles Continue in IPL 2025
Rishabh Pant is captaining LSG for the first time this season, but he hasn’t made much of an impact with the bat so far. In his debut game for the franchise, which was against his old team, Delhi Capitals, the wicketkeeper-batsman got out for a duck. LSG lost that match by just 1 wicket, even after reducing DC to 65/5 while defending a total of 209 runs.
In his second game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, LSG was in a strong position while chasing 191 runs when Rishabh Pant came to bat. With no pressure on him, it was the perfect chance to score some runs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t make the most of it and was dismissed for just 15 runs.
After failing in his first two matches, Rishabh Pant had another opportunity to impress the LSG fans when he came out to bat against PBKS on Tuesday. He walked in during the powerplay after LSG lost Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram in the opening four overs.
Marsh was dismissed for a duck, while Markram contributed 28 runs before getting out. This was Pant’s chance to make an impact as LSG’s captain. However, his struggles with the bat continued, and he was dismissed for another low score.
Glenn Maxwell Sends Pant Packing in Fifth Over
Glenn Maxwell ended Pant’s brief stay at the crease in the fifth over. Maxwell bowled a delivery outside the leg stump, and Rishabh Pant, looking to find his first boundary, ended up hitting the ball straight to Yuzvendra Chahal at short fine leg.
Rishabh Pant was out for just 2 runs off 5 balls, which led to a flurry of reactions from cricket fans. As soon as he was dismissed, fans took to X to make fun of his performance. Here are some of the comments:
Sanjiv Goenka watching Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/7TCKghlIAs
— ICT Fan (@Delphy06) April 1, 2025
Sanjeev Goenka to Rishabh Pant today pic.twitter.com/3McAmzIEOf
— ` (@Dhoni_fied) April 1, 2025
His baniya buddhi is already calculating the per ball cost of buying Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/ubQpw8TQHP
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 1, 2025
– Jack up the price of Rishabh Pant to 20.75 cr
– Use RTM, to further Jack up price to 27 cr
– Leaves the bidding
– Purchases KL Rahul for 14 crTaklu silently destroyed Sanjiv Goenka pic.twitter.com/5ZZMuK1KsB
— Tejusurya 2.0 (@Tejusurya_) April 1, 2025
Rishabh Pant 😭#LSGvsPBKS https://t.co/sqn2Fkjnm8 pic.twitter.com/KIvWXPlrKn
— Sonu (@heyysonu_) April 1, 2025
Rishabh Pant is the most overrated batter in T20s. No consistency, no impact—just pure hype.
— Dheeraj Singh (@Dheerajsingh_) April 1, 2025
Still trying to figure out what was so special about Rishabh Pant to get 27 crores. He is a terrible captain and an even worse T20 batter. What exactly did Goenka see in him to make him captain when they had Nicholas Pooran? pic.twitter.com/AC1kkAnQZn
— Jahazi (@Oye_Jahazi) April 1, 2025
Rishabh Pant out
Goenka- Are mai loot gaya barbad ho gaya#LSGvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/2YhjIAJLzk— बलिया वाले 2.0 (@balliawalebaba) April 1, 2025
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