IPL 2026: Indian cricket team’s star batsman KL Rahul has openly told for the first time how difficult it is to captain in IPL. Rahul was the captain of Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants for many seasons and during this time many such things related to him came to light, about which the fans were not aware till date. Now in an interview, Rahul has made it clear that captaining in IPL is more challenging than becoming captain in international cricket.

What is the real responsibility of the captain in IPL?

While talking to Humans of Bombay, Rahul said that IPL captaincy is not limited to just taking decisions on the field. Along with this, the captain also has to deal with team management, data analytics, net sessions, countless pre-match and post-match meetings, planning and then reporting all this to the team owners. According to Rahul, many times he felt that amidst all the responsibilities, his own game was being left behind.

“By the end of IPL, more tired than playing international cricket for 10 months”

Rahul admitted that during captaincy in IPL, the mental pressure increases so much that by the end of IPL, he used to be more tired than the entire season of international cricket. He said that constant meetings, balancing the team and understanding the form of the players are very difficult.

‘Unknown questions’ of team owners become a big challenge

Rahul revealed that some questions from IPL team owners put more pressure on the captain and coach. He said that many times team owners who do not have deep understanding of cricket ask such questions which have no meaning. As,

“Why is that player in the playing eleven?”

“How did the opposing team score 200 and why could we not score 120?”

“Why were their bowlers able to spin better than us?”

According to Rahul, such questions are one of the biggest challenges during captaincy. It becomes even more difficult to deal with them.

Rahul is now feeling relieved after leaving the captaincy

KL Rahul captained Lucknow Super Giants for three consecutive seasons from 2022 to 2024. However, he left this responsibility from 2025 and is now playing as a regular player for Delhi Capitals. He says that after being away from captaincy, he is now able to focus more on his game and he is also feeling mentally lighter.

New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson has joined Lucknow Super Giants. He will be seen as the strategic advisor of Lucknow team in IPL 2026. The LSG team had finished seventh in the points table last year and now with Williamson, the Lucknow team would like to do better than last time. Let us tell you that the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League, Rishabh Pant is the captain of this team, who was bought by LSG for Rs 27 crore.

LSG team owner Sanjiv Goenka also told via His leadership, cricketing community and ability to encourage the players will prove beneficial for the team.

Apart from Kane Williamson, Daniel Crowe has been appointed spin bowling coach. Williamson and Daniels will now work closely with LSG team head coach Justin Langer. Former bowling coach of the Indian team, Bharat Arun is also associated with this team as a bowling coach. Let us remind you that Zaheer Khan, who was the mentor of Lucknow team last season, has left LSG.

Kane Williamson said on getting a new role

Kane Williamson said on getting a new role in the Lucknow Super Giants team, “I am very excited to join the Lucknow team. Their squad is very talented, and I am also excited to work with the best coaches. It is special to be associated with the IPL, which is the best franchise league in cricket.

Kane Williamson is still playing international cricket and has scored 19086 runs in his international career of 371 matches. He has scored 2128 runs in his 79-match IPL career, which includes 18 half-centuries.

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India vs England confirmed the fracture in the leg of Rishabh Pant on the second day of the fourth Test, but the Indian vice -captain took a bold decision and came out to bat. When he was coming on the field, the audience present at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground stood and played applause. Pant won the hearts of the fans by batting despite being a fracture, the veterans also praised his passion. Pant made a significant contribution in reaching Team India’s score to 358 by playing a half -century innings.

Praising Rishabh Pant, Sanjay Manjrekar said on Geographstar, “When you do it as Anil Kumble decided to play a bandage on the jaw, these are the moments of history that you will remember even after 50 years. It shows how committed to play for India.”

Rishabh Pant wants to leave his mark in the test

Sanjay Manjrekar said, “There is something special in the Test, especially when it is in England. How much attention is given to you as a cricketer, he wants to give his best here. If you think that he does not have the same impact in the cricket of the limited overs, then this is probably the reason. Because Rishabh Pant wants to leave his mark in more Test cricket than other formats.”

Here comes rishabh pant …

A Classy Reception from the Emirates Old Trafford Crowd pic.twitter.com/vbwsukdfcw

– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) July 24, 2025

Rishabh Pant is the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team in the IPL. While sharing a photo of Pant on his social media, the owner of this franchise, Sanjeev Goenka wrote, “Not just talent, it is a character. Sellute.”

Not just talent. This is character. Salute. #INDVSENG pic.twitter.com/ptyw8atcbz

– Dr. Sanjiv goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) July 24, 2025

Sanjay Manjrekar said, “When we saw Rishabh Pant with Gautam Gambhir, he was in white dress, we felt that he would come to bat at the end of the innings. But who thought he would come to bat after falling the sixth wicket. He was clearly seen in pain, he was completely decided. He decided that he would bat.”

The RSPG Group, who owns the Lucknow Super Giants, has officially bought a 70 percent stake in Manchester Originals. A media report has revealed that the deal was signed during the first session of the Test match being played at Old Trafford ground. Let us know that the RSPG Group of Sanjeev Goenka has invested about 935 crores in Manchester Originals. The deal was decided earlier this week, but the RSPG Group demanded signing today. According to the news, now Manchester Originals will be known as Manchester Super Giants.

According to the news agency The Observer, the RSPG group, who owned the Lucknow Super Giants team, demanded signing of the deal today. According to Hinduism, Hariyali Amavasya was celebrated today. This day of Shravan month is considered sacred, Lord Shiva is worshiped on this day. On the same day, the RSPG group of Sanjeev Goenka has initially shared its partnership with Manchester Originals.

Five other franchisees also close to deal sign

According to this report, five of the 7 franchisees of The Hundred have either signed the deal or are close to signing. Let us tell you that England cricket is estimated to raise around Rs 6,073 crore by the share of teams. The nighthead capital company has bought a 49 percent stake of Birmingham Phoenix for about Rs 467 crore. At the same time, the GMR Group, owner of Delhi Capitals Franchise, has bought 100 percent stake in the South Brave team for about Rs 1,144 crore.

Apart from this, London Spirit, Northern Super Charges and Welsh Fire Deals can be signed at the end of this week. At the same time, the collision between Ambani family and Todd Bohli is getting exciting for the stake in Oval Invisables and Trent Rockets. Tod Bohli is the owner of the Chelsea Football Club. The deal of these teams will probably not be completed before the start of the upcoming season, which is going to start from August 5.

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Sanjiv goenka reaction on rishabh pant: Leeds Test match is being played between India and England. In this match, Rishabh Pant, the vice -captain of the Indian team, has scored a century in both innings. Pant scored 134 runs in 178 balls in the first innings. At the same time, in the second inning, 140 balls scored 118 runs. Rishabh Pant has become India’s first wicketkeeper batsman to do so. Pant’s bat, which is speaking a lot in the first Test match against England, the same bat is quite silent in IPL 2025.

The most expensive player of IPL 2025

The reaction of Sanjeev Goenka, owner of Lucknow Super Giants, is becoming very viral on social media. In IPL 2025, Rishabh Pant was made the captain of LSG. Pant was the most expensive player to be sold in the IPL auction this season, LSG bought him for Rs 27 crore. In the 18th season of IPL, neither Rishabh Pant’s bat was run nor his team could qualify in the IPL playoffs. Lucknow’s team was at number seven in the IPL points table. Now Sanjeev Goenka has said a big thing on putting Pant’s back-to-back two centuries.

Sanjeev Goenka’s reaction viral

Sanjeev Goenka wrote on his X account that two good!, Rishabh Pant’s two consecutive centuries. Aggressive, courageous and talented. Only the second wicketkeeper batsman in the world, who scored a century in both innings of the Test match. After his message, Sanjeev Goenka also shared emojis while clapping. Along with this, the owner of Lucknow Super Giants also praised KL Rahul’s century. Prior to Rishabh Pant, LSG captain was KL Rahul in IPL 2024. This year there was a debate between Rahul and Sanjeev Goenka, after which Rahul left the Lucknow team.

Two Good! Back-to-back centuries for @Rishabhpant17Aggressive, Audacious, Brilliant. Only the second wicketkeeper in history to score a century in both innings of a test.

Congratulations also to @klrahul For his Hindred. #INDVSENG pic.twitter.com/whu12eyvhe

– Dr. Sanjiv goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) June 23, 2025

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Digvesh rathi 5 wickets: The 18th season of the Indian Premier League has given Indian cricket a new star as Digvesh Rathi. Digvesh is now spreading the light even after IPL 2025. Actually, he has done wonders in a tournament played at the regional level played in India. He has taken 5 consecutive wickets from 5 balls of the same over, whose video is going viral in a tremendous way on social media. Even LSG team owner Sanjeev Goenka has reacted to this video.

According to the video going viral, the opposition team had scored 151 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 14 overs. Even now he had to score runs with the necessary run-rate of 18.83. Then Digvesh Rathi came to bowl in the 15th over and destroyed the opposition batting line-up. Digvesh Rathi took 5 consecutive wickets from five balls, out of which four were clean bold and one batsman LBW out. Rathi took a total of 7 wickets for just 28 runs in this match.

Reaction of Sanjeev Goenka

Sanjeev Goenka, the owner of the Lucknow Super Giants team, could not stop himself from date Digvesh Rathi. Sanjeev Goenka told in a social media post that his eye went on this video, where Digvesh Rathi took 5 wickets in 5 balls in a T20 match played at a regional level. This is just a glimpse of the talent, which made him a big star for the Lucknow team in IPL 2025.

Stumbled Upon this clip of Digvesh Rathi Taking 5 in a Local T20 Game. Just a glimpse of the talent that made from a breakout star for @LuckNowipl in IPL 2025. pic.twitter.com/i8739cjxpk

– Dr. Sanjiv goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) June 16, 2025

Digvesh was banned in IPL 2025

In IPL 2025, Digvesh Rathi’s ‘Notebook Celebration’ became a topic of discussion. In a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he did a ‘notebook celebration’ after taking the wicket of Abhishek Sharma. With this action, he violated the rules of IPL, due to which he was banned for a match. Along with this, he was also fined 50 percent of the match fees.

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Digvesh rathi 5 wickets: Each season of the Indian Premier League goes by giving world cricket a new star player. In IPL 2025, Digvesh Rathi became the subject of discussion due to his strong bowling and notebook celebrations. Rathi took 14 wickets in 13 matches for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 and took wickets on several important occasions. Digvesh Rathi is also performing strongly in a regional level tournament in India, where he has taken 5 wickets in 5 balls.

Digvesh Rathi’s Amazing

Lucknow Super Giants have shared a video on their official X account. Digvesh Rathi took five wickets in 5 balls. Sanjeev Goenka, the owner of the LSG team on his achievement, could not stop himself from reacting.

Sanjeev Goenka reacted to the achievement of Digvesh Rathi on social media, “I got this video, in which Digvesh Rathi took 5 wickets in 5 balls in a regional level tournament.

Stumbled Upon this clip of Digvesh Rathi Taking 5 in a Local T20 Game. Just a glimpse of the talent that made from a breakout star for @LuckNowipl in IPL 2025. pic.twitter.com/i8739cjxpk

– Dr. Sanjiv goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) June 16, 2025

Digvesh Rathi took a total of 7 wickets in this match. The name of the league was not mentioned in this video, but the post of Sanjeev Goenka said that this video is from a local/regional tournament. Rathi took 5 wickets in this match, out of which four batsmen returned to the pavilion after getting clean bold. Talking about IPL 2025, Digvesh Rathi was also banned for a notebook celebration and a fine of a match was also imposed.

Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2025, was able to register only 6 wins by playing 14 matches in the tournament. In this way, the LSG team finished seventh in the points table with 12 points. In this tournament, the personal performance and captaincy of LSG captain Rishabh Pant was also strongly criticized.

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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 TEAM Owner Loss per Match: IPL 2025 has now reached its last stop. All the teams in the match try their best to win every match. But in the match, one team’s victory and one defeat is sure to be defeated. At the same time, sometimes the match is canceled due to some reasons. At the same time, the team winning the IPL gets a big amount as prize money. But do you know how much damage is done to the team owners when losing an IPL match, know here.

Crores of rupees are spent on IPL

The owners of IPL teams first spend crores of rupees to buy franchises. At the same time, for this team, a lot of money is also spent in buying players at the time of auction. The owners of all the teams want their players to win more and more matches, because the team owners suffer a lot of loss when they lose each match.

IPL brand value

According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Commercial Value of IPL 2023 was $ 11.2 billion. At the same time, the viewership of IPL is also very high. The IPL 2024 had more than 620 million users, causing the tournament’s viewership timing to be 350 billion minutes. According to media reports, IPL 2024 commercial value was $ 16.4 billion.

How much loss when losing a match

Looking at these data of media reports, it can be said that IPL is not just a tournament, but a very big business model. The owners of the IPL team have a big part in the selling of tickets to sponsorship and media rights. The franchise gets 40 to 50 percent of the media rights. At the same time, 80 percent of the ticket sale is also given to the team owners. If a team loses the match, it reduces the viewership of that team’s match. Along with this, the stadium tickets are also sold less, due to which the owners of IPL teams also suffer a big loss.

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