Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant outlined the reason behind holding himself back in the batting order and put emphasis on the need to "regroup and realign" following a thumping eight-wicket defeat in their home den on Tuesday in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Pant's IPL journey with LSG could not be more poetic as he would start off his campaign as LSG's skipper against his former side Delhi Capitals at Visakhapatnam on March 24.
Pant was announced as the captain of LSG on Tuesday ahead of this year's IPL season. The announcement was made on Star Sports during the show 'LSG Special Live', which also featured the franchise owner Dr Sanjiv Goenka.
Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a massive Rs 27 crore during the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction at Jeddah on Sunday.
Star India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will take part in the upcoming mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 after not being retained by Delhi Capitals (DC), according to ESPNcricinfo.
India, the inaugural T20 World Cup champions from 2007, will be kickstarting their campaign against Ireland in their group A clash. The Men in Blue will be hoping to win the whole thing and secure their first International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy since 2013's ICC Champions Trophy win. O
Pant, who returned to competitive cricket during the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year following a life-threatening road accident back in December 2022, will be making his much-awaited return to the blue colours of the Indian jersey.
Pant on Monday featured on the second episode of 'Dhawan Karenge,' a talk show hosted by Indian opening batter, Shikhar Dhawan on JioCinema. During the episode, the 26-year-old cricketer shared his experience after sustaining life-threatening injuries from a horrific accident that left him w
Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting has labelled Rishabh Pant's roaring comeback to professional cricket after a major car accident as "nothing short of spectacular."
The 26-year-old scored 446 runs in 13 IPL matches this season. Pant's batting prowess in the IPL 2024 has earned him a spot in India's main 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup next month as one of their two wicketkeeper options.
A fine bowling spell by Ishant Sharma and an incredible death overs display by Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers neutralised a brilliant fightback by Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan, leading the Capitals to a 19-run win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.
Porel has ended his IPL season with some fine numbers: 327 runs in 12 innings at an average of 32.70, with a strike rate of 159.51 and two half-centuries. His best score is 65.