Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant The IPL 2025 has been heavy and inconsistent. After the most expensive purchase in the auction in INR 27 crores, pants, who had many expectations to match, have fought to distribute both as a batsman and as a leader. After LSG's recent 37 -run defeat for Punjab Kings, former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu criticized the southeast of Southeast and batting position.
The pants have managed to score just 128 runs in ten innings, including six single-unknown scores and the same half century. While LSG got the initial success in the tournament, his skipper form was not paid to a large extent. However, with a decline in the team's campaign, many have questioned their performance.
The innings, born in Haridwar, got an opportunity to anchor against Punjab, chasing 237, but soon ended after scoring 18 runs in 17 delivery. After breaking a six and two boundaries, he tried for a big shot from Azmatullah Omarjai, but lost control with his bat, and handed over a simple catch. Rayudu pointed to the batting position of the pants and the reluctance to change it.
“, I think, at this time, I am very sorry for him because he is not changing his batting order or his vision. I think he is very stubborn about how he wants to go about things. It is not working in his favor at this time,” Rayudu said out to the time of ESPNcricinpho.
“It happens in this game, to be very honest, and he is undergoing a very, very bad patches. It can happen to anyone. I just hope that he learns and improves it and does not become even more stubborn, but just accepts the fact that he is struggling and starts to separate things a bit. [and] Try and get better every day. You can do all this, “he continued.
Maybe he has skills, but not mindset: Ambati Rayudu
In particular, the pants have reduced their batting position several times this season, which continues to come back to their favorite number 4 slot from number 7, where their struggles have been consistently. The former Indian batsman also questioned the mentality of the pants, assuming that Southpow does not have the same nature to bat in the middle order as it was earlier.
“I think it's nothing that it is just clarity as to what he wants to do because Pant is ideally a opener for me in white-tendon cricket, because he is not great in the middle order. I know he likes to play in the middle, but he needs a batsman or does not have a skill set.
With just 10 points out of 11 games and a poor net run rate of -0.469, LSG will have to win the remaining three matches for a shot on playoff qualification. Nevertheless, big win and favorable results in other matches will be important in their search.
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