Nitish Rana and Digvesh Rathi (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Apart from soaring sixes, stumps sent round, crushing wood-rattling yorkers, creamy runs and breathtaking catches by fielders, the Indian Premier League has also witnessed several on-field altercations.If we talk about on-field controversies – Harbhajan Singh slapping S Sreesanth in what became known as ‘Slapgate’, Kieron Pollard throwing his bat at Mitchell Starc, Ravichandran Ashwin ‘Mankading’ Jos Buttler and Gautam Gambhir’s heated spat with Virat Kohli – the cash-rich league has seen it all. However, the cricketers later decided to bury their animosity, patch things up and move forward with mutual respect.One such recent example was the verbal sparring between Nitish Rana and Digvesh Rathi during the Delhi Premier League. Both the players have now come together and the credit goes to Rishabh Pant.
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KKR Depart from Mumbai after losing to Mumbai IndiansAhead of the IPL 2026 clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, LSG captain Pant played the role of peacemaker between Rana and Rathi.“Tu kaha ja raha hai? Bas ho gaya, (Where are you going? And enough,” Pant can be heard telling his teammate Rathi in a video shared by LSG).A smiling Rana was also heard saying to Rathi, “In that case, I’ll have to sit with you.”In the clip, Delhi Capitals spinner Kuldeep Yadav is seen walking in and hugging Pant, saying, “Bohut gyaan de diya”.That’s when Pant added, “That’s a problem for both of them.”The two cricketers – Rana and Rathi – were seen burying the hatchet and laughing together ahead of the LSG vs DC clash on Wednesday.Both Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals endured underwhelming campaigns in IPL 2025 and missed out on qualification for the playoffs. Delhi finished just short, finishing fifth and just one point off the top four, while Lucknow finished seventh after managing six wins from their 14 league matches.platoons:Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Nicholas Pooran (WK), Josh Inglis (WK), Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran, Arjun, Prince Akash Yadav, Arjun Digves Akash Yadav, Siddharth Tendulkar, Naman Tiwari, Mitchell Marsh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed and Arshin Kulkarni.Major Cities of Delhi: Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel (WK), Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Stprajsh Vimarija, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parikh, Prithvi Shaw and Kyle Jamieson.
