IPL Cricket CSK vs LSG: Rishabh Pant, the Lucknow Super Giants skipper and their most expensive bid in the IPL, has not had the best of starts this season in the IPL. Lucknow largely relied on the previous Delhi Capitals wicket-keeper batsman, who has played a huge role in the IPL previously.
The IPL 2025 auction was lit up during the bid for Rishabh Pant as teams rallied and were lined up to empty their purses on this veteran batter, though surpassing all with a major bid, LSG took a record-breaking highest-ever bid in the IPL of INR 27 crores.
This bid broke the record of Shreyas Iyer, who was bought in the same auction for a huge INR 26.75 crores by the Punjab Kings. Though Shreyas has had a major impact with the bat and has largely contributed towards the success of the Kings,.
Rishabh Pant, on the other hand, has flopped with the bat, as he has scored just 40 runs in 6 matches, with the highest score coming in the last game against the Gujarat Titans when he came to open the innings and ended with 21 runs. He will next be seen in action in today’s IPL Cricket CSK vs LSG encounter at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
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IPL Cricket CSK vs LSG: Rishabh Pant is a terrible flop with the bat
Rishabh Pant has scored just 40-runs in the 6 games, most of which they have played in the middle-overs, as he came down the order to fit into the LSG middle-order.
Pant has not hit a single innings with only two double-digit scores having scored just 15 runs and 21 runs in the last game, where he came upfront to open the innings alongside Aiden Markram.
Forget about a fifty or good innings, Pant is yet to remain not out even on a single occasion this season. Though he will have a big opportunity in today’s CSK vs LSG game.
But why is this has Pant lost his touch, or is the batters struggling form since the T20 World Cup and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy lowered his morale enough to make him wary of runs in the IPL as well. Or is the 27-crore tag building on too much pressure on the player to perform?
IPL Cricket CSK vs LSG: Pant’s overall impact with the gloves and as a Skipper
Rishabh Pant has been an expert glovesman and will be nearing his 100th IPL catch with only 1 catch away from the major milestones. Pant has also caught 4 catches behind the wicket this season, while his record has been stunning with an enhanced stumpings.
Pant is a leader in himself, as he is known to be with very cool composure on field. Also Pant rotates his bowlers to the best thus helping his team defend scores at different junctures of the game. Despite the onslaught on several occasions, Pant’s leadership was a way apart from the world in the matches against the Capitals, Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders where they won by the narrowest margin of just 4 runs.
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