Lucknow Super Giants lost to Delhi Capitals for the second time in two games. After losing in Visag earlier in the season, LSG was hammered at home with 8 goals by Axar Patel. The LSG Rishabh Pant was criticized for launching very low in No. 7 when his team was under pressure. When he spoke to the transmitter after the match, Pant tried to explain the decision, but eventually confused fans.
The controversy intervened in LSG vs DC, when Rishabh Pant decided to bat on No. 7, his lowest position, but this season IPL against his former team. Like Abdul Samad and David Miller burned in front of his pants on the day. In fact, the impact of Sub Ayush Badoni also came out in front of his pants and tried to save the LSG after their mini-laps between the 10th and 14th.
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Rishabh addressed the team’s call and said that the idea was that Abdul Samad earned on the pitch where the ball was slightly gripped in the first shifts. Rishabha’s answer left the broadcast and fans confused.
“The intention was to earn. We sent Samada to earn on such a goal. Then Miller came and we just got stuck on the goal. In the end, these are things we have to figure out and try to find our best combination forward,” Rishabh Pant said after the match.
Pant played after only 2 balls in the final of the game. He scored a duck with 2 ball, his second failure against DC this season. Rishabh scored a 6-miic duck against his former franchise in the first stage of the competition.
“We knew we were 20 short runs, because, as you know, Toss is playing a big role in Lucknow.
“It always happens in Lucknow, the goal is improving and it is better to burn. This is how the game goes and you cannot complain. Yes, throwing here plays a huge role, but we are not looking for apologies, we just try to learn from it,” he added.
Badoni, Mayank as an impact of players?
In addition, the use of Ayush Badoni LSG attracted criticism of commentators in the match. Pant was asked to why the Badoni was used as a player in the line -up. Pant explained that the Badoni was used as an impact of the subtlement of Tearway Pacer Mayank Yadav in the line -up. However, this logic made no sense, because LSG first fired and Mayank was named in the Impact Player list. Common sense dictates that Ayush Badoni had to be named in the XI to make Mayank an impact on bowling shifts later.
“We have an impact on Ayush to get Mayank some game time, we just try to find ways to get him early in the season because it’s halfway.
After loss, LSG is located on 5. Position in the league table with 10 points out of 9 games.
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
22 April 2025
