Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings: In the 13th match of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Gynts faced Punjab Kings. In this match, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant failed in batting. He could not do anything special for his new franchise in the third consecutive match. Pant could score only 2 runs against Punjab. Yuzvendra Chahal caught him off Glenn Maxwell.
Only 17 runs in 3 matches
As soon as Pant was dismissed, the fans of Lucknow Super Gynts got angry on social media. This star batsman could not open the account in the first match against Delhi Capitals. In the second match, he was able to score only 15 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad and now he was able to score two runs against Punjab. In this way, he has just 17 runs in three matches. These runs do not match with the stature of this superstar sold for a record of Rs 27 crore in IPL auction.
Question on 27 crore rupees
Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals in the last season. He was not retained by the franchise this time. He was successful in achieving a record bid in the mega auction held in November 2024. Sanjeev Goenka, the owner of Lucknow Super Gynts, created history by buying him for Rs 27 crore. Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history. As soon as failed against Punjab, Pant has come under target of trollers on social media. Some people even said that 27 crore rupees of Lucknow Super Gynts went into water.
I agree now Sanjiv Goenka has all the rights to get mad against Rishabh Pant . 27 crores wasted#Lsgvspbks # TAKAIPH2025 pic.twitter.com/M5J9FRDKua
– (@ Velabakhan86) April 1, 2025
Dekhna Rishabh Pant Ka 1 Run 1 Crore Ka Padega … Stupid Stupid Stupid ….#Lsgvspbks pic.twitter.com/dHJBP6PqvW
– Shivraj Yadav (@shivaydv_) 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 @Itharidar 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
Lucknow batsmen could not play big innings
Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Lucknow’s team scored 171 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Nicholas Puran scored 44 and Ayush Badoni scored 41 runs. Eden Markram scored 28 and Abdul Samad scored 27 runs. David Miller scored 19 runs and could not open Mitchell Marsh account. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for Punjab.