IPL 2025: Lucknow eliminated from playoffs; Rishabh Pant reveals reason for losing streak

Delhi: The 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 was played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), in which Hyderabad defeated Lucknow by 6 wickets. With this defeat, Lucknow’s hopes of reaching the playoffs are over. Now there will be a tough fight between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (Mi) for the fourth place.

Pant analyzed team performance

Talking about the season, Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant said, “Our season could have been very good, but we had to face many difficulties from the beginning of the tournament.”

He said that despite injuries and flaws in the team, all the players tried to play unitedly. However, it was not easy to solve these problems.

Opinion on auction strategy also

Pant also said that if the bowling of the team would have been the same as he had thought in the auction, then perhaps the results would have been something else. He said, “Everything in cricket is not always according to you, sometimes luck also plays a big role.”

Emphasis on positive aspects

The captain, while emphasizing the positive aspects of the season, said that the batting lineup is strong and this has been the biggest strength of the team. The bowlers also bowled in a good line-length on many occasions, but their performance was unstable.

Some runs were reduced

In the context of a match, Pant said that “We knew that we were left 10 runs behind in this match because the pitch was favorable for batting.” The team turned to the match several times but could not retain that rhythm.

The decline in the second half of the season

Lucknow performed well in the first half of the season, but as the tournament moved forward, the team fell behind other competitive teams. Pant admitted that it became difficult to return to further matches.

Rathi became a emerging star

Rishabh Pant also praised bowler Digvesh Singh Rathi. He said, “This was Rathi’s first season, and the way he bowled, it has been a big plus point for us.”

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