Delhi: Rishabh Pant’s performance for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has not been special so far. In the match against Gujarat Titans (GT), Pant opened with Eden Markram under the absence of Mitchell Marsh. The match was played at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. However, even after batting on the opening, the process of Pant’s poor form continued. He was dismissed for only 21 runs in 18 balls.
Pant is flop in IPL 2025
Pant of 27 crores hit four fours in his innings but, he was seen struggling all the time. He tried to put a shot on top of the cover off the famous Krishna ball, but the ball got the upper edge and Washington Sundar caught a catch on the third man. Even before this, Jose Butler left an easy catch of him off Mohammad Siraj, otherwise he and he could return to the pavilion first.
Most of the run in the powerplay was scored by Aiden Markram as Pant did not appear comfortable at the crease. So far this season he has scored just 40 runs in six innings. Their average is only 8 and the strike rate is 80. This is the first time after IPL 2022 when Pant is batting in T20 matches continuously.
Before this match, Pant has opened up 21 times in T20, in which he has also scored five half -centuries and a century. Their opening has an average of 32.20 and strike rate is 162.21. However, he did not appear in the rhythm in this match against Gujarat. Earlier in 2016, he had opened four times in his debut season.
Match condition
Talking about the match, Lucknow Super Giants decided to bowl first and Gujarat scored 180 runs. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan scored half -centuries. Shardul Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets each for Lucknow. In response, LSG won the match by 6 wickets in the last over with Nicholas Puran’s innings of 61 runs and Ayush Badoni’s unbeaten 28 -run innings.
Although the team won, but Rishabh Pant’s form still remains a matter of concern. Now it has to be seen how Pant makes a comeback in the front matches.
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