‘He Is One of the Positives’, LSG Skipper Rishabh Pant Heaps Praise on Key Spinner Despite Team’s Forgettable IPL 2025 Season

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Last updated: May 20, 2025 - 2 min read

LSG were knocked out of IPL 2025 following a six-wicket loss to SRH on Monday.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant was pleased with spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi’s performance in IPL 2025 and said that he was one of the positives for his team this season. Rishabh Pant was speaking after Lucknow Super Giants’ loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday, a result that knocked LSG out of IPL playoffs contention.

Much like the previous matches recently Digvesh Singh Rathi was effective with the ball against Sunrisers Hyderabad after he finished with figures of 2/37 from four overs.

“The bowler Rathi has come up nicely for us, his first season, the way he bowled, he is one of the positives, but you need to keep improving yourself and get better and better as the seasons go,” Rishabh Pant told official broadcasters Star Sports after the match.

LSG fail to defend 205 runs

Lucknow Super Giants entered the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a must-win situation on Monday. They had to beat the Pat Cummins-led side to keep their hopes of qualifying for the IPL 2025 playoffs alive. However, despite posting a total of 205, the Rishabh Pant-led side were unable to do that.

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and opted to bat first. The duo of Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61) forged 115 runs for the first wicket before Marsh was dismissed by Harsh Dubey in the 11th over. Skipper Rishabh Pant (7) was promoted to number three, but that proved to be an utter disaster.

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Nicholas Pooran, however, made up for the middle-order collapse with a knock of 45 runs from 26 deliveries to take Lucknow Super Giants to 205/7.

With Travis Head out of this game due to COVID-19, Atharva Taide opened with Abhishek Sharma. Atharva Taide, however, was dismissed for just 13 runs in the second over. However, Abhishek (59) led a middle-order resurgence along with the help of Ishan Kishan (35), Heinrich Klaasen (47) and Kamindu Mendis (32, retired hurt). Despite Rathi’s heroics, Sunrisers Hyderabad powered to a six-wicket win with 10 balls to spare.

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