Rishabh Pant, experts for the shock season, LSG captain Rip as ‘OK player’ was called as RIP
Rishabh Pant was the largest flop of the IPL 2025 season© BCCI/SPORTZPICS
It was purchased for an RS fee. 27 Crore, Rishabh Pant, a record in the history of the Premier League of India, was nothing more than an expensive disappointment for Lucknow Super Giants in the 2025 season. The small door keeper dough, which was also given the captain of the team, has made 135 runs in 12 games so far and proved to be inefficient in both bat and leadership. When the defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad confirmed the exit of LSG from the IPL Playoff race on Monday, the Pant was called a ‘OK player’ that makes the worst T20 format.
In a conversation CricbuzzFormer New Zealand Cricket player Simon Doull said Pant’s weakest in the shortest format, and LSG probably made a mistake by assigning the franchise captain.
“This is his worst format. He was desperate to go after him. Now he had a bad season. You know … He’s … So the big standards he’s completely dived, he didn’t really set high standards.
Before LSG, Mega auction, Nicholas Pooran was leading the race to become the new captain of Franchise. However, the arrival of the Indian little door keeper dough triggered a heart change in Lucknow Franchise, who decided to hold him responsible.
“They were desperate for a local captain. And I understand that too. I think when the parties looked at a overseas captain, when you have eight options, all teams don’t have eight options.
With two matches to go to the league campaign, the pant wanted to finish himself and the season in a high way, while he also did some job for the next season.
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