IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant’s century against RCB, a special feat achieved after 7 years

Delhi: In his last match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant surprised everyone by scoring a tremendous century. Pant completed his century in just 54 balls while playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on 27 May.

The season was bad

On a record bid of Rs 27 crore, LSG bought Pant for this season, but he did not appear in rhythm throughout the tournament. Pant, who was struggling with poor form and lack of confidence, finally showed a glimpse of his old style in the last match and ended the season in a brilliant style.

10 fours and 6 sixes adorned with 6 sixes

Pant hit 10 fours and 6 sixes in this explosive century. This was a score above his second half -century in IPL 2025. Earlier, he had scored an unbeaten 128 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the year 2018, which is still the biggest personal score for Delhi Capitals.

Backflip celebration after century

After completing the century, Pant celebrated in a special way on the field and celebrated. This was the first time Pant did such a celebration on the cricket ground. With this, he also indicated that his talent is still intact, and the recent bad form was just a phase.

Granted a big score to Lucknow

Rishabh Pant scored 118 runs in 61 balls while remaining unbeaten till the end. His innings included a total of 11 fours and 8 sixes. Lucknow’s team scored a big score of 227 runs thanks to him.

Full season figures fade

Pant played 14 matches throughout the season and scored a total of 269 runs at an average of 24.45. His strike rate was 133.17, which showed better due to this last banging innings.

RCB shocks hopes of reaching Top-2

This century innings not only responded to Pant’s criticism, but also turned the RCB’s hopes of reaching the top-2. The team of Bengaluru was in great need of this victory, so that they could get an additional opportunity to reach the finals. After this innings of Pant, RCB needs 228 runs to win the match.

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