Lucknow Super Giants
The Indian Premier League 2025 was very bad for Lucknow Super Giants i.e. LSG. The team was in a very bad condition under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. The team could not reach the playoffs under Pant’s captaincy. Even the team could not save a big score of 227 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last league stage match. From this, it can be guessed how badly LSG bowlers performed.
In the 70th match of IPL 2025, RCB won the toss at Lucknow’s house Ekana Stadium and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Lucknow scored 227 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Pant’s stormy century. In response, RCB achieved a target of 228 runs in 18.4 overs on the basis of Jitesh Sharma’s innings of 85 runs. In this way, Lucknow was added to a very embarrassing record, which was not made by any team in the IPL before today.
Shameful record made in IPL
Actually, LSG has become the first team in IPL history to lose the match despite scoring more than 200 runs in the same season. The bowling of this team Lucknow was so bad that the team could not defend the target even after scoring 200 plus in three matches. During this time, the batsmen did wonders, but the bowling flopped badly and the opposing teams achieved the biggest goals comfortably.
Three defeats, three teams, the same story
LSG first suffered defeat against Delhi Capitals on 24 March. In that match, the team captained by Rishabh Pant scored a score of 209 runs but the team still lost. After this, LSG also scored 205 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, but the match was slipped by hand due to the failure of the bowlers. Lucknow got against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last league match of the third and biggest defeat season. In this match too, LSG scored a strong score, but the bowlers did not meet the expectations once again and the team had to face a crushing defeat.
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