Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants: In the first match of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants lost against Delhi Capitals. Despite scoring 209 runs, Lucknow’s team lost the match. Everyone’s eyes were on his captain Rishabh Pant in this match. He was bought by the franchise for Rs 27 crore at the mega auction. Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history, but his performance in the first match was very disappointing.
Unsuccessful
March 24 was a very normal day for Pant as captain and player. The match scored 420 runs and five players scored at a strike rate of over 200. Rishabh Pant failed in this match. He faced six balls and could not even open the account. After this, no one also understood his captaincy. He bowled only two overs to Shardul Thakur, who took two wickets.
Penning decisions in captaincy
Even when Delhi Capitals needed 22 runs in the last two overs, Pant gave the ball to inexperienced Rajkumar Yadav in place of Shardul. The young fast bowler gave 16 runs including two fours and a six. When one run was needed in the last over, Pant bowled spinner Shahbaz Ahmed. Surprisingly, he called Shardul ‘no’.
Disappointed with stumping
Delhi needed 6 runs in the last over. Mohit Sharma moved forward on Shahbaz’s first ball and went backwards after the ball was hit on his pad. Wicketkeeper Pant had an easy opportunity to stump him. He missed and on the next ball, Mohit gave a strike to Ashutosh with a run. Ashutosh finished the match by hitting a six on the front of Shahbaz. Lucknow’s team lost the match due to Pant’s mistake.
On Goenka reached the ground, fans remember Rahul
After the match was over, Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka came to the ground. He spoke to coach Justin Langer and captain Rishabh Pant. During this time it seemed as if he was complaining to the coach and the captain about something. However, this has not been confirmed, but fans remembered former team captain KL Rahul. Goenka scolded captain Rahul after allegedly losing a match in 2024.
What did Pant say?
Pant said after the match that luck has a role in the game and there was a possibility of stumping if the ball was missed by Mohit Sharma’s pad. But such things happen in the game of cricket, you cannot pay attention to these things, instead you need to play better cricket.
