“Time For Rishabh Pant To Say, ‘Nicholas Pooran, You Take The…'”: LSG Captain Given Blunt Advice

Rishabh Pant, Star India Wickketkeeper-Batter and the most expensive player in the History of IPL 2025 with a price of RS 27 crores, has a disappointing season with only 128 points in ten rounds. Its performance includes five scores with a figure, a duck and a single half-century. During the Sunday match against the Punjab Kings, Pant arrived at No. 4 after two early layoffs, but only managed 18 points out of 17 balls while pursuing a target of 237. LSG lost the match of 37 points and is now seventh on the table of points with six defeats in 11 matches.

The former Australian striker Aaron Finch thinks that Pant should put the role of guard at Nicholas Pooran.

“It must be really difficult to captain a team when you are the guardian. You probably get a few seconds to speak to your launcher between the Overs, and with the locking rule, this time is minimal. It can be really difficult – the plane of the bounder could change the ball for the ball, and it can therefore that Rishabh is.

“Maybe it’s time he said,” Pooran, you take the gloves. I need to get rhythm, manage the plans better and speak directly to my attack. “

The IPL 2025 was the worst Pant season of the tournament since its debut in 2016. In its first season, Pant scored 198 points in 10 games at an average of 24.75, including half a century.

During the current season, the average of the Pant was 12.80 and its striking rate also dropped below 100 for the first time in the tournament. In 122 IPL games, Pant amassed 3,412 points, including 19 half-century and a hundred at an average of 33.13.

The former opener of India, Virender Sehwag, believes that Captain Rishabh of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) should approach his MS Dhoni model to get out of the lean patch in IPL 2025.

“Once again, he has a mobile, everything he needs to get the phone and call someone. If you feel that you think negatively, there are so many cricket players with whom you can chat. Dhoni is his model, so he should call him.” Said Sehwag on Cricbuzz.

“I think Rishabh Pant should watch his former IPL clips where he has marked races, and that will give him confidence. Sometimes, when there are disturbances in the routine, this affects the races, “he added.