IPL is such a platform, where everyone from new players to domestic cricket and big international stars play together. If we look at the history of IPL, big names have been seen flopping, something similar happened with Rishabh Pant in IPL 2026. It is also being said that Pant has given a big blow to LSG.
For the last 2 seasons, Rishabh Pant has been taking a salary of Rs 27 crore from Lucknow Super Giants franchise. After the poor performance of Lucknow in IPL 2026, Pant has also resigned from the captaincy of the team. Do you know that each run scored by Rishabh Pant is worth lakhs.
Rishabh Pant proved costly for LSG
Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in IPL history. He gets an amount of Rs 27 crore from LSG. However, he has proved to be a failure under the pressure of being the most expensive player. In IPL 2026, Pant played 14 matches and scored 312 runs. In this entire season, only one half-century came from his bat.
If the amount received by Pant is divided by the runs scored by him, then the figure will be that Rishabh Pant got one run for each score. This amount comes to Rs 8,65,385. This means that each run of Pant in IPL 2026 has cost LSG Rs 8 lakh 65 thousand 385.
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Pant has left the captaincy
Under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, Lucknow Super Giants failed to reach the playoffs in IPL 2025 and 2026. LSG was the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs in IPL 2026. Pant has resigned from the captaincy of Lucknow Super Giants a few days ago.
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