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Zaheer Khan Post in Danger for Next Season: The performance of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 was very poor. The team’s captaincy was in the hands of Rishabh Pant, the most expensive player of the IPL. The team could not make a place in the playoffs in the second consecutive season. After the poor performance of the team, not Captain Pant, but Mentor is seen in danger in place of Zaheer Khan. It has been about 48 hours this season ended. Now the team has started planning the next season. Lucknow team owner Sanjeev Goenka can take a big decision on Mentor Zaheer before the next season.

Not captain Pant, Mentor will fall on Zaheer on the poor performance of Lucknow!

Lucknow had a very poor performance this year. Lucknow won only 6 matches out of 14 matches. He finished 7th on the points table. The head coach of the team was Justin Langer. Zaheer was included in the team as a mentor to support him. According to Cricbuzz, Zaheer signed a one -year contract with the team. However, now there is very little hope that he will be seen with the team in the next season. The team owner Sanjeev Goenka take part in every decision of the franchise. Last year he was angry at KL Rahul, after which he was released by the team. Now Sanjeev can take a big decision on Zaheer after the team’s poor performance. Zaheer can be held responsible for the team’s poor performance this season and the way out. Also, for the last two years, the head coach Langer has not been able to do anything special for the team. His place is also in danger in the team.

Lucknow could not qualify for the second consecutive season playoffs

The performance of Lucknow has been very poor for the last two seasons. Lucknow was not able to qualify for the playoffs even in the year 2024. In the last season, he won 7 out of 14 matches under Rahul’s captaincy. He finished the 7th position. This year also remained his condition. He finished the 7th position. He won just 6 matches this season.

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IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant on Tuesday played a brilliant innings of 118 runs against RCB in the last league stage match of the season. In this match, he celebrated it by hitting ‘Flip’ after scoring a century, it was a satisfactory innings for him because earlier his bat had only 151 runs in the entire season. After the match, the BCCI imposed a huge fine of Rs 30 lakh on captain Pant. While the match fee of all the players including Digvesh Rathi was also paid.

Why is Rishabh Pant fined Rs 30 lakh?

LSG captain Rishabh Pant and his team were fined for maintaining a slow over speed during the match against RCB. Because it is the third offense of Lucknow Super Giants under the Code of Conduct related to the minimum over-perpetual offenses of IPL, the team captain Rishabh Pant has been fined Rs 30 lakh.

Whereas in this match with the impact player, the rest of the players of the playing XI personally have been fined Rs 12 lakh or 50 percent of their match fees (whichever less).

Captain’s century innings could not get LSG win

Pant’s personal performance was also not good in IPL 2025, he scored just 151 runs in 13 innings played before the last match. In the final match, he played an unbeaten 118 runs and took the team’s score to 227. However, the LSG lost, defending this big score.

Rishabh Pant scored 269 runs in 14 matches of IPL 2025 with 24.45 average, which does not suit his price tag. He was bought by Lucknow for Rs 27 crore, it was expected that he would win the title to the team but his team was out of the league stage itself.

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Jitesh Sharma became the hero of victory

RCB captain Jitesh Sharma, who scored 85 runs in 33 balls, was adjudged the Player of the Match. In this innings, he hit 6 sixes and 8 fours. Earlier, Phil Salat (30) and Virat Kohli (54) got a bang. Mayank Agarwal also played an important innings of 41 runs in 23 balls. With this victory, RCB finished the journey of the points table by finishing second.

Lsg vs rcb: In the match played on Tuesday, Rishabh Pant scored the second century of his IPL career. Pant, who sold for 27 crores, could not do anything special with the bat this season, his team was already out of the playoff race but this century against RCB was very important for Pant’s confidence. It was also seen in his celebration. However, despite this century innings, his team lost this match by 6 wickets.

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant came to bat at number three on Tuesday, Nicholas Puran was coming to bat this season on this position. Prior to this match, Pant had only 151 runs throughout the season, his form was going very poorly. Being the most expensive player in IPL history, he was also being criticized a lot. His bat against RCB went a lot, he scored an unbeaten 118 in 61 balls. In this innings, he hit 8 sixes and 11 fours.

Unique celebration of Rishabh Pant

After scoring a century, Rishabh Pant stopped Nicholas Puran at the other end and then took off his helmet and gloves and put it on the side. He then celebrated this century by hitting ‘front flip’. Seeing this, the entire stadium resonated with noise. This celebration shows how important this innings was for Pant.

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However, despite this captaincy innings of Rishabh Pant, his team lost this match. Chasing the target of 228 runs, Phil Salat (30) and Virat Kohli (54) got a good start. After this, Mayank Agarwal (41) and Jitesh Sharma (85) finished the match. Jitesh hit 6 sixes and 8 fours in an unbeaten innings of 85 runs in 33 balls. Jitesh was the captain of RCB in this match.

With this victory, RCB traveled to the league stage by finishing second. Now he will face Punjab Kings in qualifier 1. This match to be held on May 29 will be played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium.

Rishabh pant century: Rishabh Pant has scored another century of his IPL career. He has completed a century in 54 balls in 54 balls in the match against Royal Challengers, with this he has become the fastest century for LSG. This is Pant’s second century in the Indian Premier League, which he had to wait for 2574 days long. Pant hit 10 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes in his innings till the century completed the century.

Prior to the match against RCB, Rishabh Pant scored just 151 runs in 12 innings. In the match against Bengaluru, Pant came to bat on number-3. He, along with Mitchell Marsh, did a great partnership of 152 runs. He then added 49 runs with Nicholas Puran. Pant returned unbeaten after scoring 118 runs in 61 balls, in this innings he hit 11 fours and 8 sixes.

Century came after 2574 days

Rishabh Pant’s first century in IPL came against Sunrisers Hyderabad on the date of 10 May 2018. Now 2574 days have passed for those things and now after waiting for about 7 years, Pant has been able to score a century in the Indian Premier League. This century is also special because Pant’s highest score was 63 runs in IPL 2025 before the match against RCB and so far he had only put only one fifty in the season.

The fastest century for LSG

Till now, KL Rahul’s name was the record of scoring the fastest century for LSG, who completed a 56 -ball century in the match against Mumbai Indians in 2023. Now Rishabh Pant has taken this record by scoring a century in 54 balls.

• Rishabh Pant – 54 balls
• KL Rahul – 56 balls
• Marcus Stoinis – 56 balls
• Mitchell Marsh – 56 Ball
• Quinton de Cock – 59 Ball

Lucknow Super Giants, captained by Rishabh Pant, have already been out of the playoff race. Recall that LSG bought Pant for Rs 27 crore in the auction.

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Yograj singh on rishabh pant: How bad can a player of IPL be for a player, he should ask Rishabh Pant. Pant, who was sold for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction, has scored just 151 runs in 13 matches in IPL 2025. Pant’s captaincy is also being criticized because Lucknow has already been out of the playoffs. Now Yuvraj Singh Father of veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh made a big statement on Pant’s flaws and said that he will fix the LSG captain in 5 minutes.

Pant is fine in 5 minutes …

In an interview to the news agency IANS, Yograj Singh said that the problem of Rishabh Pant can be cured in 5 minutes. He said, “His head is not stable and his left shoulder is very open. Just a little improvement and Pant will once again start performing his best.” So far, Rishabh Pant has been able to score 151 runs throughout the season, while in the last 6 innings, only 48 runs have been scored from his bat.

His highest score in IPL 2025 has been 63 runs, which he made against Chennai Super Kings. This was his only half -century innings in his season. Pant’s strike rate has also been around 100 this season. In T20 cricket, this strike rate is placed in the category of bad.

Amidst this poor performance, a rumor raised that Lucknow Super Giants have dismissed Rishabh Pant, but Pant has termed such rumors on social media as false. Let us tell you that the speculation of giving a new captain to India’s Test team has been in full swing. Rishabh Pant’s name has also been included in the captaincy race, but according to some media reports, Shubman Gill’s name can be approved for captaincy.

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Mitchell marsh on rishabh pant: For Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant, IPL 2025 has no less than a frightening dream. He flopped badly as a batsman. At the same time, his team could not qualify in the playoffs. Pant was bought by Lucknow for a large amount of Rs 27 crore, but he could not perform as expected. His fellow player Mitchell Marsh has given a big statement on Pant’s poor performance.

Rishabh Pant did not bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. In this match, he landed at number three. Even after the stage set, he could not score runs. After Lucknow opener Mitchell Marsh, after the team was out of the IPL, said that Rishabh Pant will be the first person to accept that this season was not good for him.

Lucknow Super Giants lost by six wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. With this, the team got out of the playoff race while it has two more matches left. Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant scored just 135 runs in 12 matches and his strike rate was also less than 100.

Michel Marsh, who scored 443 runs from five half-centuries so far in IPL 2025, said, “He will be the first person to say that he would not have liked the session as he would have liked, but I personally know that sometimes cricket runs like this. We know that he is a great player. He is very skilled and very talented, so he will return.”

Marsh further said, “I think perhaps the time of self -determination will come after this session. My focus is just trying to contribute to winning the next two matches for my team and my franchise. As I said that IPL is a big tournament and the difference of victory is very low. Finish firmly. “

Rishabh Pant gets Akash Chopra’s support

Former India opener Akash Chopra told ‘Jio Hotstar’, “Success can teach you some things. Although failures actually change your mindset and often happens for good. He is not a regular member of the Indian T20 team, so this session was not important. This session was important. The opportunity to leave his mark and create a strong team. It did not happen in his own form. Will stay on the attitude or reconcile? “

Chopra said, “When you are going through a bad phase, it seems that nothing is working. The nights seem long, the day is longer, then you learn and return. It has been a bad dream. The good thing of bad dreams is that you finally wake up.”