Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) player Rishabh Pant, who was acquired by the franchise for Rs 27 crore, was attacked by former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis.
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, Rishabh Pant was purchased by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a record-breaking Rs 27 crore. But despite finishing eighth in the standings, the attractive wicket-keeper batsman had a dismal maiden season with the team. Pant scored just 151 runs in 12 innings, aside from his century in LSG’s last game of 2025. Pant’s T20 record isn’t very impressive, according to former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who also voiced perplexity over his high price tag.
“You look at players like Pant in the auction and ask why there is such a big craze over someone like him if the game of T20 has evolved so much in terms of numbers from the analysts and coaches who are highly detailed on numbers,” du Plessis told Star Sports.His T20 statistics are not very impressive. Why, then, is there such a fixation on him? Everyone wanted him on their squad even in the last auction, du Plessis continued.
The former captain of South Africa, who represented Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League, attacked Pant’s strategy in Twenty20 cricket.
He simply has too many possibilities in his mind. He seems to be able to score a six off every ball in every area of the field. However, even for T20 batting, a strategy is still required.You can predict where the top T20 players will score their boundaries and how they will overcome their shortcomings.
However, you get the impression that Pant is constantly nervous. It’s almost frenetic at times, and you feel like he can escape at any point,” du Plessis said.
