Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant was concerned in an animated chat with the on-field umpire throughout his aspect’s essential IPL 2025 match in opposition to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday. The incident occurred within the third over of SRH’s chase after LSG gamers had enchantment for a caught behind in opposition to Ishan Kishan. Despite the ball passing very near the bat, the umpire did not elevate his finger. However, there was a second of confusion whether or not Pant took a DRS for caught behind or the batter took a evaluate for a large that was not given by the umpire.
As a outcome, Pant had an extended chat with the umpire, earlier than it was later revealed that it was the LSG captain who took the evaluate for a caught behind. However, ball monitoring confirmed that there wasn’t any bat concerned. LSG did not simply lose a evaluate, however the wall was additionally deemed broad as there was no contact.


Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram‘s blitzkrieg, together with Nicholas Pooran‘s ending touches, powered LSG to 205/7 after they had been despatched to bat first on the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Marsh’s 65 and Markram’s 61 laid the inspiration for LSG whereas Pooran dazzled along with his quick-fire 45 to take the Super Giants to a difficult complete. After Hyderabad put Lucknow to bat, Marsh and Markram went all weapons blazing with their swashbuckling show.
In between, skipper Rishabh Pant (7) added one other failure to his tally for the season, as did Ayush Badoni (3), as SRH pulled issues again a bit. From 118 for 1 in 11 overs, LSG scored 50 for two of their subsequent six overs to be 168/3 in 17 overs.
Nicholas Pooran struck a few fours in a prolonged over with two wides and a waist-high no-ball for 15 runs within the nineteenth over. In the ultimate over bowled by Nitish Reddy, Pooran struck a six off the primary authorized supply however discovered himself on the non-striker’s finish as he may handle just one run. He was out on the subsequent ball trying a single with the ball within the wicketkeeper’s hand. Ishan Kishan made no mistake and hit the stumps to finish Pooran’s innings. Pooran scored 45 off 26 balls, hitting six fours and a lone six.
Shardul Thakur (4) struck a 4 with a scoop on the legside however was run out trying a single, and Abdul Samad (3) adopted swimsuit, inside-edging by his legs onto his off-stump. Akash Deep blasted the ultimate supply for a six to take them previous the 200-run mark as LSG misplaced three wickets within the last over.
SRH additionally made hash of the final two overs, including six extras to the final 12 balls. Eshan Malinga was their finest bowler with 2-28.
(With Agency Inputs)
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