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Rishabh Pant’s dismissal vs PBKS was particularly disappointing, says Piyush Chawla

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Lucknow Super Giants slumped to their second defeat of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in their third game while leaves them in sixth spot in the IPL 2025 standings. For the LSG team, this latest loss was even more bruising as it came at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket. The defeat also raised the scrutiny of the franchise which had opted to let captain KL Rahul walk away ahead of the IPL auctions. To replace Rahul, LSG bet big on Rishabh Pant in the IPL auctions, spending a whopping Rs 27 crore thus making him the most expensive player in the tournament’s history.

On Tuesday, Pant’s stay in the middle against Punjab lasted just five balls where he managed to score just two runs.

So is the weight of the massive price tag hanging heavy on his shoulders?

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“Knowing Rishabh Pant, I don’t think it’s the price tag that’s affecting him,” cricketer-turned-analyst Piyush Chawla said on JioStar after Punjab Kings eight-wicket victory over the Pant-led LSG.

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Rishabh Pant and Zaheer Khan of Lucknow Super Giants after LSG's Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) defeat to Punjab Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. (Photo: Sportzpics for IPL) Rishabh Pant and Zaheer Khan of Lucknow Super Giants after LSG’s Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) defeat to Punjab Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. (Photo: Sportzpics for IPL)

Chawla did point out that Pant was in the middle of a batting slump. Pant is currently the seventh highest runscorer for LSG with just 17 runs from this three innings. 15 of those runs have come from just one stint in the middle.

“He is currently not in the best of form. Pant has been out of the Indian white-ball circuit, and coming into this tournament as the captain of a franchise, there were high expectations of him. A lot happened last year, and naturally, a lot was expected from him this season. Unfortunately, both his team’s campaign and his personal form haven’t started well. His dismissal today was particularly disappointing — it was a ball that could have been put away anywhere, yet he found the fielder at short fine leg. His reaction afterward, that knowing smile, suggested he is aware he’s going through a rough patch where things just aren’t going his way.”





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