In a pivotal moment during Match 45 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Mumbai Indians‘ England all-rounder, Will Jacks, delivered a match-defining over, claiming two key wickets that dismantled the Lucknow Super Giants‘ top order and swung the momentum decisively in MI’s favour.
Will Jacks’ double strike: Fall of Nicholas Pooran and Rishabh Pant
After the powerplay, Jacks was introduced into the attack, and he wasted no time in making an impact. His very first delivery had Nicholas Pooran miscuing a loopy ball that flew straight to long-off, where the ever-reliable Suryakumar Yadav completed a running catch with ease. The wicket was a significant blow to LSG’s chase, as Pooran, who had been one of their in-form batters, failed to get going.
Just two balls later, Jacks struck again, this time removing Rishabh Pant for a paltry score of 4. Pant, struggling throughout the season, attempted a reverse sweep but only succeeded in guiding the ball tamely to short third man, where Karn Sharma was waiting to take a simple catch. With two big wickets falling in quick succession, the atmosphere at Wankhede shifted entirely, and the game was now firmly in Mumbai’s control. Jacks had created the breakthrough LSG had feared, and MI capitalized on the opportunities his strikes provided.
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Pant’s nightmare season for Lucknow Super Giants: Struggling to find Form in IPL 2025
Pant’s IPL 2025 campaign has been nothing short of disastrous, and the frustrations of both his team and the fans continue to mount with each passing match. The wicketkeeper-batter’s latest failure came in the seventh over, when he fell for just 4 runs from 2 balls, marking his sixth single-digit score of the season. Despite being one of the most explosive players in limited-overs cricket, Pant’s struggles with form this season have been baffling.
His inability to contribute consistently has hurt LSG, who have relied on him as a key player in the middle order. To make matters worse, Pant’s aggregate of just 110 runs in 10 matches at a woeful average of 12.22 underscores his ongoing decline. In his 8 innings so far in IPL 2025, Pant has failed to make any substantial impact, and his lack of contributions is becoming increasingly detrimental to LSG’s chances of progressing in the tournament.
This dismal run has sparked outrage among Lucknow’s supporters, who took to X (formerly Twitter) in large numbers to express their frustrations. With the IPL 2025 season reaching its crucial stages, many are calling for a change in the batting order or a potential break from the starting XI for Pant, who is now seen as a liability rather than an asset. His lack of form has led to questions about his future with the franchise.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest the greatest of all time, Lord Rishabh Pant 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/diq0akahTI
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) April 27, 2025
Is Pant going to drop himself?
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 27, 2025
https://twiter.com/I_m_dhruv_/status/1916475672215912890
How badly will this IPL serve for Pant’s T20 career for India? Being a keeper likely keeps him in contention, yeah?
— Neal Gardner (@Nealbackup) April 27, 2025
Rishabh Pant T20 Career Is Over
— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) April 27, 2025
I haven’t seen anyone as bad as Rishabh Pant. There was a time when Courtney Walsh was considered the worst batsman, but Rishabh Pant is even worse than him. #MIvsLSG
— Udit Juneja (@juneja_udit) April 27, 2025
Rishabh Pant, absolute garbage performance.
If you have any shame, return the 27 crore.#MIvsLSG #MIvLSG pic.twitter.com/JEeboJpQWJ— Chintan (@CricketChintan) April 27, 2025
Mr Sanjiv Goenka insulted KL Rahul in front of the crowd and social media due to his slow strike rate.
In auction he replaced KL with Rishabh Pant with 27 crores.
Rishabh scores 106 runs in 10 matches.
Pant should give 20 CR TO POORAN.
Karma strikes badly. pic.twitter.com/UBkAogmH6k
— Jay Indian (@Jayindian12) April 27, 2025
Rishabh Pant looks absolutely clueless once the opposition fights back and some people seriously wanted him to be India’s captain? Shouting at your own bowlers isn’t how you handle pressure! No matter what, KL was never this bad, bruh remained calm even when Goenka shouted at…
— Jahazi (@Oye_Jahazi) April 27, 2025
What a wonderful wicket to bat this is . Pant can’t even bat well on this . Goenka should throw away his fake good guy persona and slap Pant today #IPL2025
— Cricket Tamizhan (@CricketTamizhan) April 27, 2025
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