LSG suffers horrific 40-run defeat to RR (BCCI Photo)
New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant admitted that his team’s collapse has become the biggest worry after they suffered their fifth defeat in seven matches, a 40-run loss to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026.“I think it’s hard to explain. Our batting is definitely letting us down, but at the same time, we’re disappointed as a team, as a group, but at the same time, you have to keep finding ways. You have to look for answers inside, not outside, but that’s what it is now,” Pant said after the defeat.
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“Look, definitely we could have taken some time out while batting and at the same time, you know, not making any excuse there, like, you know, including me in that, like we could have taken it a little deeper because I think the bowlers did a great job, especially after the last game.
As a batting group, we have to raise our hands and try to finish this job for the bowlers as well. “There’s still a lot that we want to look at on the positive side, you know. We all know it’s disappointing for us as a team, but you know, we have to keep our heads up and look for the answers inside and we definitely know that we have enough firepower in our bowling and batting and we can still turn that around. That’s what I believe in.”Pant’s comments came after another first-class failure that saw LSG collapse to 119 as he chased 160.
Three of the top four batsmen, including Pant himself, were dismissed for ducks inside the first three overs, throwing the chase into disarray.Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 43 off 29 balls took Rajasthan Royals to 159/6 on a difficult surface, after LSG elected to bowl. Jadeja later also played a key role in breaking the chase by removing Nicholas Pooran.Mitchell Marsh
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(3/20) and Nandri Burger (2/27) led the Rajasthan bowling attack. A late partnership between Jadeja and Shubham Dubey ensured RR finished strongly and moved to second place in the table, while LSG fell further behind with just two wins from seven matches.