Is the massive Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 price putting too much pressure on the LSG captain? Check details

The string of disappointing knocks has reached a tally of four consecutive matches for the LSG captain, Rishabh Pant, in IPL 2025. The highest-paid player ever in IPL history, Pant claimed the LSG captaincy after the franchise bought him for a whopping 27 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Formerly led by KL Rahul, the franchise went all-in for the wicket-keeper batter replacement as KL Rahul went to Delhi Capitals, Pant's home until IPL 2024. The trade, meanwhile, is yet to bear fruit for Lucknow Super Giants. Four matches into the season, and Rishabh Pant has managed a duck, 15, 2, and most recently 2 in the LSG vs MI fixture. His form raises the question if Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 price has put undue pressure on the LSG captain in the season.

Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 price stirs debate as the LSG captain continues dismal run in the season

LSG, debuting in 2022, made it into two consecutive playoffs before crashing out in the league stage in IPL 2024. An overhaul followed where the skipper, KL Rahul, was released into the auction pool ahead of IPL 2025. Similarly, Rishabh Pant left the Delhi Capitals camp to enter the mega auction pool. A trade shaped up as Rishabh Pant was bagged by LSG for 27 crore while DC claimed KL Rahul for 14 crore. Now, with the IPL 2025 action in full flow, the fans and LSG management are still awaiting a defining knock from their captain's bat. Pant's debut in LSG happened with a 2-ball duck against his former franchise, Delhi Capitals.

While LSG picked a win in their next fixture, the SRH vs LSG match, Pant's performance saw no light as the skipper departed at a score of 15 off 15 in the chase. In the next match, where LSG faltered against PBKS in their first home fixture of the season, Pant proved of no help, getting out at a 2 off 5 score against Glenn Maxwell. Moreover, in a frustrating update, the story remained eerily similar in the ongoing LSG vs MI fixture, as Pant was trapped by MI skipper, Hardik Pandya, at just 2.

Four matches, four consecutive failures have brought a lot of scrutiny for Rishabh Pant. The internet is abuzz with discussions around his whopping price tag for the season. Meanwhile, LSG owner, Sanjeev Goenka, infamous for being intimately involved in the team proceedings, has now been witnessed having chats with Pant on the field on multiple instances now. His team, moreover, has managed just a single win in three fixtures so far, bringing in more scrutiny for the skipper amid the already heated debate about his performance with the bat, not fitting with the price he has picked in the mega auction.