Mukul Choudhury of Lucknow Super Giants, tries unsuccessfully to run Donovan Ferreira of Rajasthan Royals (AP Photo)
In a match where Lucknow Super Giants largely controlled the ball, a moment of chaos on the field involving Rishabh Pant stood out as a costly lapse.The incident came during Mayank Yadav’s over when Ravindra Jadeja bowled a slower delivery through square leg and called for a quick single.
What followed was a complete shuffle. Jadeja pressed for the second round before suddenly sending partner Donovan Ferreira backwards, leaving him stranded halfway down the court.
It should have been a direct escape. But Nicholas Pooran’s throw was off target, forcing Pant to move towards the ball. The LSG pilot managed to dislodge the logs initially, but in the ensuing confusion, lost control. Pant stumbled while collecting the ball cleanly and missed his follow-up attempt, allowing Ferreira enough time to recover and dive back into the crease.
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At one stage, the batsman was nowhere near the crease nor even in the frame, yet Rajasthan escaped a scare due to the chaos on the field. It was a missed opportunity that could have changed the course of the innings.The moment quickly went viral, with fans flooding social media with reactions. One fan summed up the disbelief, writing: “Rishabh Pant has cleared the stumps for the first time, the batsman wasn’t even in the frame but they still haven’t made it run out.
PSL stuff in IPL.”This lapse was all the more notable because it came amidst a disciplined bowling effort from Lucknow, who had earlier been restricted.
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To 159 for 6.While Pant had earlier impressed with his gloves, including sharp catches, this moment of miscommunication and execution error turned into one of the match’s most talked-about incidents – a reminder of how quickly things can go wrong in T20 cricket.