Lucknow Super Giants are playing their third game against Punjab Kings where Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to field first. LSG didn't have a good defensive start as Makram and Mitchell Marsh departed earlier. Pooran held the innings but he too had departed and when these batsmen were LSG were dragged down under the knees and the rest of the batsmen were disappointed. In these three games one thing was common for LSG if they lose Pooran and Marsh early it means you can restrict them to below par score. 

It was the same fashion until Mitchell Marsh and Pooran were playing their first match in IPL the hope of 200 plus was on but when they departed the whole team just lost its way. In this very match too same thing happened, Now the question arises Is Captain Rishab Pant really playing the game. It's the third game for him and the performance from him still has to come, which is hurting Lucknow a lot. 

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After Recovering From Major Accident

Rishabh Pant had faced a serious car accident around his native, though he recovered fast as it was a major accident and he had injuries in his leg which would have been a career-ending for him, but he fought hard and came back to the Indian squad and played the T20 world cup for India and gave India the glory of winning the World Cup after 17 years. But after that the dent started to begin, you might be asking if he has done well and how a dent comes over there. 
We have the answer for you after the T20 World Cup he was completely sidelined and KL Rahul was preferred as the keeper role. It was auction time and Delhi tried to retain Rishabh Pant for 18 crore but  Rishabh thought he was valued for more and pulled himself in the auction. When his name arrived there was a bid of war between Lucknow and Delhi the bid crossed over 20 crores. Delhi Capitals used their RTM but Lucknow straight away agreed to give 27 crores for Rishabh Pant and was sold to Lucknow Super Giants. 

Rishabh Pant's Poor Performance

Rishabh Pant scored 0 against Delhi Capitala which was their season opener, In his second match against SRH he was out for 15 and now in this match, he is out for 2 runs and he is under the road of criticism How can such a player got 27 crores. There were talks all around the internet where memes on him were posted.

27 crore ka pahalwaan Rishabh Pant in every IPL match 😭#LSGvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/uXu040YcCD

— maithun (@Being_Humor) April 1, 2025

Requesting BCCI to drop Rishabh Pant from Central Contract. He is not even the Top 10 wicketkeeper in India right now. @GautamGambhir @imAagarkar pic.twitter.com/VY7yVbIIVJ

— Anurag™ (@Samsoncentral) April 1, 2025

His baniya Buddhi is already calculating the per ball cost of buying Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/ubQpw8TQHP

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 1, 2025

Even experts like Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu and Mathew Hayden criticised the left-hander that what is Rishabh Pant trying to do he wants to hit big shots from ball one which is not at all possible and the type of batting he does it is difficult to crunch back. Lucknow at this stage lost their second match where they won the last and lost the first one, Now Pant is in heavy criticism with his batting style of approach you have to take time on the crease. If you won't respect the conditions you have to pay the price.