‘ऋषभ पंत पर बोझ है कप्तानी’, LSG से बीच IPL कप्तान बदलने की मांग, आंकड़े भी पक्ष में – LSG change of captain rishabh pant to markram mid IPL 2026 know stats aksp
Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are at the bottom of the IPL 2026 points table with just two wins from eight matches. Lucknow’s plans change with every ball. The roles change in every match. And as soon as pressure comes, decisions fall apart. Lucknow is now almost out of the tournament. In such a situation, questions are now being showered on Rishabh Pant. His captaincy is also in trouble.
Are you feeling the pressure of captaincy? Rishabh Pant?
Naturally the captain has to face criticism and this is what is happening. Former IPL coach Wasim Jaffer has openly suggested changes. He believes that South Africa’s Aiden Markram should be made the captain so that Pant can be freed from the burden of captaincy.
He said, LSG seems completely scattered at the moment, it is difficult to understand what to expect from them. If I had been in that dugout, the first thing I would have done was make Aiden Markram the captain. I would have opened with Markram and Mitchell Marsh. Nicholas Pooran at number three, then Rishabh Pant at number four and Ayush Badoni at number five.
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After this, Jaffer said an important thing that captaincy is becoming a burden on Pant. The same was seen in IPL 2025, where he scored only 151 runs in the first 12 innings. This year too, he has won only one match with the bat, whereas there were more expectations from the player bought for Rs 27 crore.
He said, I think a player like Rishabh Pant should play only as a player. When you free him and tell him to go and win the match, then his best performance comes. Don’t put the burden of captaincy on him. I think Aiden Markram is a better captain.
Rishabh Pant’s captaincy record
Overall: 65 matches, 31 wins, 32 losses, 2 ties
With LSG: 22 matches, 8 wins, 13 losses, 1 tie
IPL Rishabh Pant’s record in
Without captain: 68 innings, 2079 runs, average 35.23, strike rate 151.97
As captain: 63 innings, 1663 runs, average 31.98, strike rate 139.98
Pant is not a problem as a batsman. He is one of the most talented players in the league, who can win matches in 20 balls. But his performance declines with captaincy.
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