Pant, Langer and Zaheer’s shocking blunder restricts Delhi Capitals to 159/6 in 20 overs

Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant was despatched to bat for the final two balls of his group’s innings in opposition to Delhi Capitals within the IPL 2025. He scored a duck, registering one other failure regardless of being signed for INR 27 crore. Regardless of being a chosen No.4 batter, the LSG captain was within the dugout until the twentieth over of the competition, with the franchise dropping 5 wickets. Captain Pant, mentor Zaheer Khan, and head coach Justin Langer made a blunder that restricted the house franchise to 159/6 in opposition to the visiting aspect. Lucknow had been 101/1 in 10.1 overs however misplaced the plot within the second part.

Aiden Markram scored 52 runs off 33 balls, with the assistance of three sixes and a couple of fours. Mitchell Marsh, the opposite opener, managed 45 runs off 36 deliveries, laced with 3 fours and 1 six. There was no contribution from Nicholas Pooran (9) and Abdul Samad (2)

David Miller (14 off 15) and impression sub Ayush Badoni (36 off 21) didn’t speed up the scoring price. Mukesh Kumar took 4 wickets, whereas Mitchell Starc and Dushmantha Chameera dismissed one batter every.

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