Captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rishabh Pant, was seen chatting with the mentor of the Zaheer Khan team in their IPL 2025 match against the Capitals of Delhi (DC) on Tuesday. Pant went to the number seven and faced only two balls before being turned upside down by Mukesh Kumar during the final delivery of the LSG sleeves. Pant’s decision to shrink was strongly criticized by fans and experts while the LSG collapsed to an eight titles against DC. During the LSG sleeves, pants spotted pants, which was padded to Bat, having an intense conversation with Zaheer.
The incident occurred on the penultimate and the pants can be seen to make animated gestures in the viral video.
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After the defeat, Pant admitted that his team was well below the scoring by.
“We knew we were at 20 races,” said Pant. “In Lucknow, the draw plays a big role. Anyone who bowling first, they get a lot of help from the counter. We just had to stay back, we just couldn’t keep it away.”
Pant, who went to Lucknow for a record offer of RS 27 crosses during the November auction, scored 106 points in eight rounds with a highest score of 63.
By hunning a modest 160 for victory, DC rolled up 42 Rahul balls and a second window partnership with Abishek Porel, who struck 51 years old, to reach their goal with 13 balls to spare on the Lucknow field.
Delhi, with six victories in eight matches, bounced from their previous defeat to the Titans of the table Gujarat and is second in the table at 10 teams.
The Mukesh Kumar stimulator won the victory with his four counters when he helped withdraw the LSG from 87-0 to 110-4, then a total of less than 159-6.
“Once we picked up two fast counters, we had the momentum and all the quisors did well to limit them less than 160,” said Delhi skipper, Axar Patel.
(With AFP entries)
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