The Narendra Modi Stadium right here on Thursday will play host to the compelling second act of a story of two captains whose fates in IPL 2025 have diverged dramatically.
The Ekana Stadium was the place Lucknow Super Giants’ skipper Rishabh Pant and his Gujarat Titans counterpart Shubman Gill final met. LSG might have claimed the 2 factors on supply then, however there has been a tectonic shift since.
Super Giants, at the moment seventh, are out of playoff competition, whereas Titans are perched atop the standings and are eyeing a top-two end.
Interestingly, the person trajectories of Pant and Gill have mirrored their groups’ fortunes.
Pant, in any other case a maverick with the bat, has endured a lean run, managing simply 135 runs in 11 innings, with a solitary fifty against a beleaguered Chennai Super Kings.
Gill, in the meantime, has been the embodiment of poise and productiveness, amassing 601 runs and sitting simply behind teammate B. Sai Sudharsan (617) on the Orange Cap leaderboard.
Making early inroads shall be key to LSG’s success.
Gill’s armour has only a few chinks. Sai Sudharsan, nonetheless, has been discovered wanting when countering seam motion, which might doubtlessly supply a gap for Prince Yadav or new recruit Will O’Rourke to exploit.
In truth, 50 per cent of deliveries which have deviated after hitting the deck ended up inducing a false shot from the southpaw.
The absence of their highest wicket-taker, Digvesh Rathi, will damage Pant and Co.
The leggie acquired a match suspension following a heated altercation with Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma.
Published – May 21, 2025 09:30 pm IST
