The start of IPL 2025 was nothing special for Lucknow Super Giants. He suffered a wicket defeat against Delhi Capitals in the first match of the season. In this match, Rishabh Pant, captain of Lucknow Super Giants, was a complete flop, who is also the most expensive player in the history of this league. Rishabh Pant failed to score as a batsman and got many mistakes behind the wicket, which also became a big reason for LSG's defeat in this match.

Rishabh Pant earned 2 crores even after getting out at 0

In the mega auction of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants included Indian cricket superstar Rishabh Pant in his team at a record breaking price of Rs 27 crore. But it could not get the benefit in the first match of the season. A team plays at least 14 matches in a season of IPL. If we consider it as the basis, then Pant's per match fee is about 2 crore rupees. That is, even after getting out at 0, Pant was in the first match to earn 2 crores. At the same time, during this time he played a total of 6 balls, according to this, every ball played by Pant was 30 crores.

Lucknow team lost because of Rishabh Pant?

Rishabh Pant was not only flopped with the bat, as well as he made many big mistakes in wicketkeeping. Pant left Ashutosh Sharma's catch on Shahbaz Ahmed's ball in the 15th over during Delhi's innings. After this, Ashutosh Sharma ended this match. If Pant had caught this catch, the result could have been something else. Not only this, there was a big lapse from Pant in the last over of the match. He left Mohit Sharma's stumping on Shahbaz Ahmed's ball. If Pant had done this stumping, LSG could have won the match, because then Delhi had the last wicket left.

What did Captain Rishabh Pant say after the defeat?

Rishabh Pant said after this defeat, 'I think there were enough runs on the board. The batsmen really batted well. Maybe we have lost the rhythm in the middle, but I think it was a very good score on this wicket. Certainly as a team we want to take positivity from every match and learn from it. The more basic things we do, the better we will be. We need to correct the basic things more often. We felt pressure. This is the beginning of the tournament and we are freezing.