Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant opened in his first match of IPL 2026. In the match against Delhi Capitals, he came to open the innings with Mitchell Marsh, but returned to the pavilion after scoring only 7 runs. This was heartbreaking for him and his team, because he was not out by playing a bad shot or on a good ball, but he was run out due to bad luck.

Delhi Capitals bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled the third over, Mitchell Marsh was on strike to play the last ball of this over. Mukesh bowled the ball, on which Marsh played a shot towards the front. The ball was in the air, Mukesh had a chance to catch it but the ball missed his hand. Marsh got a lease of life, but the ball missed and went straight to the wicket. Rishabh Pant, standing on non-strike, was ahead of the crease, he was run out.

RUN OUT DRAMA: Absolute bad luck for Rishabh Pant

Captain Rishabh Pant departs for 7 (9) in the most unfortunate way
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While returning from the field to the pavilion, disappointment along with anger was seen on Rishabh Pant’s face. Pant was in a new role, it was surprising that he came to bat before Aiden Markram. However, due to bad luck, he got out cheaply.

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Lucknow collapsed at 141

Aiden Markram, who came after Pant’s dismissal, was also out after scoring 11 runs, he was bowled by Akshar Patel. Ayush Badoni could not even open his account, Nicholas Puran could also score only 8 runs. Mitchell Marsh (35) and Abdul Samad (36) played important innings. Batting first, the entire team of Lucknow Super Giants was bundled out for 141 runs. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan took 3-3 wickets for Delhi Capitals.