With Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant registering yet another low score (2 off 6 balls) in the IPL 2025 game against the Mumbai Indians on Friday, netizens expect a harsh conversation between him and owner Sanjeev Goenka. This was the keeper-batter's second successive single-figure score in the tournament and has a highest of 15 so far.
The dismissal against the Mumbai Indians on Friday occurred against his opposite number Hardik Pandya as he came on for his second over of the innings. With the seam-bowling all-rounder sending down an off-cutter, Pant seemed to have gone through the shot early and only got a leading edge due to that. Corbin Bosch ran through mid-off and Pandya was jubilant. It was also the second wicket for the star cricketer as he had dismissed Nicholas Pooran before that.
Watch the dismissal below:
Here are some of the reactions from the netizens, with LSG shelling out ₹27 crore on Pant in the auction:
Mumbai Indians had earlier won the toss at the Ekana International Stadium:
Earlier, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya had won a crucial toss at the Ekana Stadium against the Lucknow Super Giants and opted to bowl first. The big news from the Mumbai Indians camp is Rohit Sharma not playing the clash, while Akash Deep comes in for Manimaran Siddharth for the home side.
LSG playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(wk/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan.
MI playing XI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur.
