Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant was noticed having a chat with staff mentor Zaheer Khan throughout their IPL 2025 match in opposition to the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday. Pant dropped himself right down to quantity seven and confronted simply two balls earlier than being bowled by Mukesh Kumar on the ultimate supply of LSG’s innings. Pant’s choice to demote himself was closely criticised by followers and consultants as LSG slumped to a thumping eight-wicket loss to DC. Throughout LSG’s innings, a digital camera noticed Pant, who was padded as much as bat, having an intense chat with Zaheer.
The incident occurred on the penultimate over and Pant will be seen making animated gestures within the viral video.
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Following the loss, Pant admitted his staff was properly in need of the par rating.
“We knew we have been 20 runs brief,” stated Pant. “In Lucknow, the toss performs a giant half. Whoever is bowling first, they get quite a lot of assist from the wicket. We simply needed to keep again, we simply could not get it away.”
Pant, who went to Lucknow for a report bid of Rs 27 crore within the November public sale, has scored 106 runs in eight innings with a highest rating of 63.
Chasing a modest 160 for victory, DC rode on Rahul’s 42-ball knock and a second-wicket partnership with Abishek Porel, who hit 51, to realize their goal with 13 balls to spare at Lucknow’s residence floor.
Delhi, with six wins in eight matches, bounced again from their earlier defeat to table-toppers Gujarat Titans and are second within the 10-team desk.
Pacer Mukesh Kumar arrange victory together with his 4 wickets as he helped pull LSG again from 87-0 to 110-4 after which a below-par whole of 159-6.
“As soon as we picked up two fast wickets, we bought the momentum and all of the bowlers did properly to limit them underneath 160,” Delhi skipper Axar Patel stated.
(With AFP Inputs)
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