Following LSG’s defeat over DC, Rishabh Pant and Sanjiv Goenka’s conversation ignites a meme festival: “Stupid Stupid…”

Owner Sanjiv Goenka and head coach Justin Langer were observed having a heated discussion with LSG captain Rishabh Pant.

In their IPL 2025 match on Monday, the Delhi Capitals defeated the Lucknow Super Giants by an exciting one wicket thanks to an outstanding batting performance from Ashutosh Sharma. Prior to Ashutosh smashing 66 off just 31 deliveries to secure a historic victory, DC were dejected and out of the game as they chased 210. After the loss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant was spotted having a heated discussion with owner Sanjiv Goenka and head coach Justin Langer. Memes about the meeting were quickly shared on social media, and some even brought up the notorious conversation that went down between Goenka and then-captain KL Rahul after a crushing loss in the 2024 Indian Premier League that caused a great deal of controversy.

Ashutosh, an impact substitute making his Delhi debut, helped his new team overcome a shaky 65-5 start to reach their target of 210 in Visakhapatnam with three balls remaining.

Ashutosh persevered and smashed the winning six despite needing 22 off the last two overs and six off the last six balls with one wicket left.

When Faf du Plessis was dismissed on 29 in his debut for the team, Delhi was 7-3 in the second over and had lost half their team for 65.

Tristan Stubbs scored an incredible 34, and new skipper Axar Patel hit a quickfire 22.

After the narrow victory, Axar grinned and remarked, “Be ready for it now.” “Only under my captaincy will it be like this. There will be some ups and downs.

Delhi was 113-6 and needed 97 runs from 7.3 overs when Stubbs was bowled by Manimaran Siddharth, the ball after smashing consecutive sixes.

However, with a partnership of 55 off 22 balls, Ashutosh and IPL rookie Vipraj Nigam, who hit 39 off 15 balls, unleashed a barrage of boundaries to resurrect the chase.

Ashutosh validated the confidence of new coach Kevin Pietersen, who had forecast at the innings break that the big hitter would produce something exceptional, even after Nigam perished in the 17th over and Lucknow lost two more wickets.

Ashutosh was a brilliant finisher for Punjab Kings in his debut IPL season last year, but he first shown restraint on Monday, reaching 20 from his first 20 deliveries.

He opened his shoulders as wickets fell all around him, blasting 46 off the last 11 balls he faced.

Number 11 Mohit Sharma barely escaped getting stumped when the ball grazed his pad as he left his crease, and Lucknow skipper Rishabh Pant was unable to take the ball cleanly behind the stumps with six needed off the final over.

After the batters scrambled a single off the following ball, Ashutosh was able to smash Shahbaz Ahmed for his fifth six, capping a thrilling victory.