IPL 2025 - Rishabh pant and the missing runs for LSG | Mint

Lucknow Super Giants lost their first wicket in their Gujarat Titans chase ‘180 for 6 after their PowerPlay. The score was a healthy 65 for 1 in 6.2 overs, so the platform was well set and LSG was on track. The batsman out was the LSG captain Rishabh Pant, the most expensive player in IPL 2025 and indeed in the entire IPL history. He made 21 out of 18 before he fell to Prasidh Krishna, with the PowerPlay carried a lot by Aiden Markram. Pant opened because Mitchell Marsh was absent in this match and tends to a sick child. But in a tournament of poor returns, even the shooting of the order did not get him significant runs. When he was out, the Titans handled, put out this post: But in theory, pant is a big fish, in IPL 2025, he was not so hot. Rishabh pant in IPL 2025 So far in this tournament, Pant has beaten five times in six games and has only scored 40 runs. His average is only 8.00, but the most amazing of all is his strike rate. He faced 50 balls in the face and only hit 80.00. There are times in test matches where the strike rate can be considered slow for Rishabh pant. He started a duck against DC and crossed only once before the match against LSG on Saturday (April 12). Pant has almost not lasted long enough in the middle to take an informed judgment on whether there is anything especially that upsets him, or it is just the vagaries of T20 who do their thing to a batsman who is not in the best shape. Pant himself said after the game that he had an improvement with each game. “I think every game I feel much better,” he said during the presentation ceremony. “Today, Marsh gave me an opportunity because he wasn’t there. So I thought the more I spend time on the wicket, it’s going to be good for me in the tournament, and that’s what I did-just to spend more time on the wicket. It certainly helps as a player. Every time I walk on the field, there is a feeling factor. It’s a team match. ‘Imagine when pant starts to make runs’ – Justin Langer is the good thing from LSG’s point of view that, despite their captain who did not score any significant runs, they have won four out of six games and are so far in the top three of the points table. It was largely behind on some brilliant shape and pristine hits by Nicholas Pooran, admirable by Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram. When coach Justin Langer was asked about the form of pant, a few games back, he saw the good results of LSG as even more positive, and pointed out how formidable they would be if the captain was back under the runs. “He’ll go well, don’t worry about Rishy,” said longer. “Our one job is just to make him smile. When you get into a new franchise, I feel like you’re trying so hard … There’s a lot of expectation, he’s the captain of the team. With the pressure comes the pressure that nobody can understand of us. No one understands it. There may be, I don’t know, a dozen people in one and a half billion in this country at the moment he has to do. My gosh! The potential pothole ahead for LSG, while Pooran has beaten like a dream so far, and Marsh and Markram are also on track to have their own IPL seasons, the question for LSG is – can their bank on their form that lasts through the tournament? T20 is the most volatile format, and it is rare that fighters consistently make bundles runs, especially when they attack as many as these three do. If they continue in the same vein, LSG will of course be quite irresistible. But for the strange rainy day if it doesn’t come off, they may need their captain to become the batter he can be, instead of the one he is now. Stay up to date with all the actions from the IPL 2025. Look at the IPL 2025 schedule, follow the latest IPL 2025 points table and follow the top performers with the orange cap and purple cap. First published: 12 Apr 2025, 22:38 IST