Rishabh Pant, facing criticism from former cricketer for IPL 2025 performance, claimed: he was unsure of his role.

In the mega auction for IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants had imposed a big of Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant. However, Pant has not yet met LSG’s expectations. He has disappointed with continuous batting. On May 19, he could score only 7 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has so far scored 135 runs in 12 matches of the tournament. Legendary cricketers are also worried about his form.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Kaif feels that Rishabh Pant did not know his role as the captain of LSG. Talking to Star Sports, Kaif said that if Lucknow wants to form a team again next year, Pant will have to decide the place of his batting. The former batsman also said that Pant should not change his place and the team should be made around him.

Know what Mohammad Kaif said

Kaif said, ‘If you want to prepare for next year, then you have to decide your batting number as captain. It should be the same till the last match in advance and there should be no change in it. Whether you want to play at number 3 or at number 4, you should make the team accordingly and feed the players accordingly.

Mohammad Kaif further said, ‘Pant does not come to bat several times and he only tries to play the role of captaincy on many occasions. Then it seems that he does not know his role as a captain. One year may be bad, many people cannot be in form, but the learning is that you should stay on a number.

Let us know that Lucknow has been out of the Super Gynts playoffs and he has to play his next match against Gujarat Titans on 22 May.