3 reasons why Rishabh Pant as LSG captain is wrong choice

Rishabh Pant was picked up by the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of IPL 2025 for INR 27 crore, which made him the most expensive pick in the history of the league. He had a forgettable opening match against Delhi Capitals where he failed with the bat, scoring a duck off six balls, and missed a few chances behind the stumps, and some of the bowling changes came under criticism as Delhi Capitals won the match by one wicket. Let us look at some of the reasons why Rishabh Pant might not have been the best choice for captaincy at LSG. 

Let's look at the three reasons why Rishabh Pant as LSG captain is not the best choice:

3. Poor captaincy record in IPL 

Rishabh Pant has captained Delhi Capitals for three seasons (2021, 2022, 2024) and the team under his leadership Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs only once. He has 24 wins as a captain in 43 matches, and some big tactical errors made by him were quite evident throughout his stint with the Capitals.

An example of this was the one which cost them the Qualifier 1 of IPL 2021 where CSK needed 13 off the final over, and he gave the ball to Tom Curran ahead of Rabada and ended up losing both the playoffs game in 2021. Rishabh Pant's captaincy deficiencies were brought to light even more as Delhi Capitals never looked like making it to the playoffs in the new cycle after Mega Auction in 2022.