The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) suffered a five-wicket loss to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 30 of IPL 2025 on Monday, April 14, at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The Super Giants fell to the fourth position on the points table after four wins and three losses in seven games.
LSG batted first in the contest after losing the toss and reached a decent total of 166/7 on the back of a sensible knock from their captain, Rishabh Pant (63). Their in-form top order failed to get going on a sluggish pitch in the first innings.
CSK then chased the target in 19.3 overs with the help of contributions from Rachin Ravindra (37), Shaik Rasheed (27), MS Dhoni (26*), and Shivam Dube (43*). Lucknow leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi picked up two wickets in his three-over spell after conceding only 18 runs, but wasn’t give a fourth by captain Pant.
Fans observed LSG’s below-par performance and questionable tactics in the IPL 2025 match against CSK and trolled them by sharing memes on X and Instagram. One of the sarcastic posts about the team’s captain, Rishabh Pant, read:
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra recently reviewed LSG’s performance in the IPL 2025 match against CSK in a video shared on his YouTube channel. He criticized Rishabh Pant’s captaincy by pointing out that he missed a trick by not completing the four-over quota of Ravi Bishnoi, who bowled brilliantly earlier.
The cricketer-turned-commentator said:
LSG will face the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their next match of IPL 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday, April 19.
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