Rishabh Pant
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT) are face to face in the 26th match of IPL 2025. Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bowl first. On receiving the invitation of the first batting, the Gujarat opening pair started the innings in a big way. After scoring more than 50 runs in the first 6 overs, he scored 103 runs on the scoreboard in 10 overs. Opener and captain Shubman Gill was dismissed for 60 runs while Sai Sudarshan scored 56 runs. There was a 120 -run partnership between the opening pair. Both openers returned to the pavilion for 13.1 overs. After this, no batsman could play after ticking. As a result, the Gujarat team, which was seen moving towards the big score, could only manage 180 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Pant’s big act
Aidan Marakram and captain Rishabh Pant landed on the ground to start the innings from Lucknow to chase Gujarat’s score. With this, Pant made a big act in the IPL. Pant started the innings in the IPL after about 9 years. Pant is opening in IPL after 3246 days i.e. 8 years 10 months and 12 days. He was last seen opening against RCB in Raipur on behalf of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2016.
Open in the absence of Marsh
Rishabh Pant had to bat in the opening after Mitchell Marsh’s match was out. Marsh’s daughter is ill, due to which she is not playing today’s match. This is the reason why Pant was forced to take the field as a opener after many years. However, even in the opening, captain Pant could not do anything special. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs off just 18 balls. The famous Krishna made Pant his victim. In this way, Gujarat got the first success. Pant hit 4 fours in this innings.
Flops are constantly happening with bat
Significantly, Pant is struggling with poor form in IPL 2025. Not a single big innings has come from his bat so far. A total of 30 runs have been scored from his bat in 5 innings of 6 matches of this season. With this, their poor form can be gauged.
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