Why Rishabh Pant Trending on X?

Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant is trending on X. LSG fans held too many expectations from the most expensive player of the Tata IPL 2025, but his performance so far has disappointed them. Not only did he struggle to score runs, but he also bumbled to impress with his captaincy. In the last three games LSG played, he played 26 balls and scored just 17 runs. LSG lost two out of three and remains in the sixth spot on the IPL 2025 points table. However, LSG has a lot more games coming up in the league, and fans want him to bring his A-game to the front.

LSG offered a mammoth price and captaincy role for Rishabh Pant when DC released and didn’t retain him. LSG spent a whopping 27 Crore making Rishabh Pant the most expensive player in the IPL history. His poor performance in batting, keeping, and leading LSG flared widespread talk and trolling on X. Usually a big hitter of the ball with immense power, player He scored 0, 15, and 2 in the three matches played so far at an average of 7.50 and a strike rate of 65.38.

On the other hand, LSG batters Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, and Abdul Samad impressed fans with their strike rates. Marsh and Pooran built a brilliant partnership against SRH and handed over LSG the first win this season. As a star player, Pant struggled to perform and captain the side.

Fans expressed their disappointment and criticized him heavily on social media platform X. Users mocked him for not scoring at least 27 runs for his 27 Crore price. His past remarks on Punjab Kings surfaced after LSG endured a loss to PBKS recently. Cricket fans shared a lot of memes and snarky comments on the platform. Some even questioned his place in the shorter format of the game for Team India.

A powerful hitter, Rishabh Pant just needs some confidence to get going. Will Rishabh bounces back in the Tata IPL 2025?

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