Shocking! Rs 27 crore buy Rishabh Pant achieves another low for LSG | Cricket News – The Times of India

Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo)

NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant’s batting order has taken a stunning flip in IPL 2025, marking a uncommon shift from his ordinary function as a dynamic prime or center-order batter. In Delhi Capitals’ current conflict towards Lucknow Super Giants, Pant walked in at No. 7 — a place he hadn’t batted in throughout his final 113 IPL innings.
This was solely the third time in his total IPL profession that he batted so low, with the earlier two events occurring again in his debut season in 2016.

The transfer, nonetheless, didn’t bear fruit. Pant was bowled for a golden duck by Mukesh Kumar, capping off a disappointing outing as LSG wrapped up their innings at 159 for 6.
Mukesh Kumar, who cleaned up Pant with a pointy supply, was Delhi’s standout bowler. He returned with figures of 3 for 34 in his 4 overs, claiming key wickets together with Mitchell Marsh and Abdul Samad to derail LSG’s momentum.

Pant’s struggles with the bat have been a recurring concern this season.

Across 9 matches to this point, the DC skipper has managed simply 106 runs at a under-par common of 13.25 — a far cry from the explosive type followers have come to count on from him.