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Fans had high expectations from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain and the most expensive player of this season, Rishabh Pant, in the IPL 2025. Pant, who was bought for Rs 27 crore, was expected to tear apart the opposition bowlers with his aggressive batting, but his performance so far has been extremely disappointing.
Let's take a look at the performance of Rishabh Pant in IPL 2025 so far.
Worst strike rate by anyone
More than half of the season has passed in IPL 2025 and Rishabh Pant's bat has remained completely silent. He has scored only 128 runs in 10 innings of 11 matches played so far, out of which 63 runs have come in a single innings. His batting average is only 12.80 and strike rate is also limited to 99.22. Which is the worst among players who played at least 10 innings.
Rishabh Pant in IPL 2025 (Previous 10 Innings)
- vs PBKS: 18 runs (17 balls)
- vs MI: 4 runs (2 balls)
- vs DC: 0 runs (2 balls)
- vs RR: 3 runs (9 balls)
- vs CSK: 63 runs (49 balls)
- vs GT: 21 runs (18 balls)
- vs KKR: 0 runs (0 balls)
- vs MI: 2 runs (6 balls)
- vs PBKS: 2 runs (5 balls)
- vs SRH: 15 runs (15 balls)
LSG under Rishabh Pant's captaincy
The performance of Rishabh Pant in IPL 2025 as captain has also not been up to expectations. Lucknow Super Giants have won only 5 out of 11 matches, and their net run rate is -0.469. The team is at the seventh position in the IPL 2025 points table with 10 points. The hopes of playoffs seem almost over.
LSG have lost 4 of their last 5 matches, and the one match they won was also by just 2 runs against Rajasthan Royals. In such a situation, the team's confidence seems to be continuously declining. A minimum of 16 points will be required to make it to the playoffs in IPL 2025. However, looking at the current situation, it seems that even 16 points will not be enough for the fourth position, and the net run rate (NRR) can play a decisive role.
If LSG wants to stay in the playoff race, they will have to win all three of their remaining matches, that too by a big margin, so that their net run rate can improve. Lucknow will play its last three matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on May 9, Gujarat Titans (GT) on May 14 and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on May 18.