Lucknow Super GIANTS ‘Pricey Rishabh Pant Plight: Rs 27 Crore Down the Drain?
Rishabh pant, the man who is the latest poster boy of the Indian Premier League (IPL), as the Mega Auction CONCLUDED in Nepember Last Year. Butle did the fans of cricket’s richest league knowledge League. Pant Shahatred All Records as the Sanjiv Goenka-Led Franchise Splashed an eye-waterying sum to available the wicket-keeper batter’s services. Cometh the 18th edition of the IPL, the management even decided to hand over the capacity responsibilities to pant.
No confidence, no clarity
In the 12 matches that lsg have played so far this season, pant has the options to bat in 11. Barring a solitary half-vented in the match against the chennai supers, which! Coldn Bollywood cross the 25-R mark in the other 10 games.
Pant Made Quite a more bizarre decisions over the course of 11 outings for lsg this season, one of which Saw Him even come out to bat at the no. 7 spot. The result was a golden duck, which was followed by an incessant flow of trolling on social media.
In the match against the Sunrisers, Pant Made The Bold Call of Demoting Nicholas Pooran, Arguably the Team’s Most Fearsome Hitter, by One Spot to Play Himself at the No. 3 positions. Even this stunt didn’t produces the results the skipper wanted, as he was dismissed without even getting into a double-digit score.
Some dressing room Scenes even hinted at a conflict between the team’s support staff and the skipper over certain on-field decisions. Confusion and a Lack of Clarity Over the affairs of the team could be cleaned.
Rishabh Pant’s IPL 2025 Stats (after 12 matches):
- Matches Played: 12
- Innings: 12
- Not outs: 0
- Runs Scored: 135
- Highest Score: 63
- Batting Average: 12.27 (as per image)
- Balls Faced: 135 (as per image)
- Strike Rate: 100.00 (as per image)
- Centuries: 0
- Half-Centuries: 1
- Fours: 12
- Sixes: 6
- Catches: 5
- Stumpings: 1
Rishabh Pant in IPL 2025 (Match-by-match):
- vs. Delhi capitals: 0 (6 balls)
- vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad: 15 (15 balls)
- vs. Punjab Kings: 2 (5 Balls)
- vs. Punjab Kings: 2 (6 Balls)
- vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (DNP)
- vs. Mumbai Indians: 21 (18 Balls)
- vs. Chennai Super Kings: 63 (49 Balls)
- vs. Rajasthan Royals: 3 (9 Balls)
- vs. Delhi capitals: 0 (2 balls)
- vs. Mumbai Indians: 4 (2 balls)
- vs. Punjab Kings: 18 (17 Balls)
- vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (May 19): 7 (6 balls)
Team Balance ignored
Tom moody, an ipl-winner with the sunrisers hyderabad, feels the fact that lsg spent a combined sum of Rs 48 crore on the duo of rishabh pant and nicholas pooran played a significant a significant Build a Strong Bowling Attack. The balance of the team, skeked in the process, was hit significantly.
“The Expense on Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Pooran, Theose two players, makes it very hard to build a very strong bowling unit. Said in a Panel Discussion on Espncricinfo.
“In an ideal world, it’s great to have pooran, (david) Miller, (MITKELL) Marsh, Pant … All these are impactful batters, but at the end of the day, you need to boowl. Impactful Bowling Unit in PowerPlays. wickets, bowl there relaxed challenging overs when the opposition is going hell-for -Lather against
The core responsibilities of a management are to build a balanced squad that is capable of performing as a unit, not just individually. As the lsg management put its head into action preparations, the balance was fundamentally ignored.
Having Alredy Spent Rs 21 Crore for Poran, Lucknow Sholdn Bollywood as far as Rs 27 Crore for Pant. But, the bosses gave in to the lure of signing arguably the most covered Indian player in the market.
Rs 27 Crore down the drain?
Thought Money Spent does not directly transform into performances, a player of pant’s calibre was expected to deliver a lot more than he has. The manner in which the 2025 season has ended for lsg does not Raise Question Marks Over the Franchise’s Plans for the next year, especially the fact that the factors are pant in their plans or not.
