Rishabh Pant might lose Lucknow captaincy:LSG director Tom Moody hints at leadership change after drastic season

Team India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant might lose the captaincy of the IPL team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The team’s Cricket Director, Tom Moody, admitted on Saturday that Pant has failed to handle the pressure. Pant-led LSG also lost its last league match in the IPL against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). They were defeated by PBKS by 7 wickets. Under Pant’s captaincy, the team has won only 10 out of 28 matches in the last 2 seasons. In the current season, Lucknow is in 10th position and has already been eliminated from the tournament. Toom Moody hints at Rishabh Pant’s captaincy change Tom Moody said, “From a captaincy point of view, you know, he’s found it challenging, obviously, and the results reflect that. And you do have to wonder whether that is a pressure that is reflected in his performance with the bat. I know that this season has been a difficult season for us, but we will reflect on it, we’ll take time, we’ll reflect on it. We will consider all things.” Key points from Tom Moody’s interaction Lucknow had bought Pant for ₹27 crore Lucknow Super Giants had bought Pant for ₹27 crore, so his performance was being watched. Meanwhile, he struggled to score runs. He could only score 312 runs in the current season. Pant scored 684 runs at a strike rate of 173.60 in IPL 2018. After that, in 2019, he scored 488 runs at a strike rate of 162.66. For Lucknow, he scored 581 runs at a strike rate of 135.74 in the last two seasons, which is less than his career strike rate of 144.18. Other questionable performances as captain ‘Our team played well’ – Brad Hddin, PBKS Coach Meanwhile, Punjab Kings’ assistant coach Brad Haddin has praised his team’s performance. He said, ‘Our team performed very well in this match. You want your best players to perform well in such matches.’ Haddin said, ‘These are the matches you want to play, where everything is at stake. For the past few days, the captain (Shreyas Iyer, who scored a century in this match) had that sparkle in his eyes. He wanted to make a significant contribution with his performance to change the course of the match and take us to the final.’