IPL 2025: Sanjiv Goenka's reaction goes viral as Pant departs for another low score
5 April 2025 12:46 PM IST5 April 2025 12:46 PM IST
Pant, who became IPL's most expensive player with a whopping Rs 27 crore price tag, has struggled with scores of 0, 15, 2, and 2 so far.
Sanjiv Goenka's reaction goes viral as Pant departs for another low score (Photo: X)
Rishabh Pant's poor form with the bat continued on Friday evening as he was cheaply dismissed for 2 runs as Lucknow Super Gaints (LSG) took on Mumbai Indians.
Pant, who became IPL's most expensive player with a whopping Rs 27 crore price tag, has struggled with scores of 0, 15, 2, and 2 so far.
After his dismissal camera's quickly turned onto LSG team owner Sanjiv Goenka, whose reaction went viral. Sitting in the stands, Goenka gave a subtle smile after Pant's wicket.
Social media platforms erupted with memes after Pant's return to the dug-out.
Meanwhile, Justin Langer rubbed off Pant's poor form as not a concern.
"He'll be fine. Don't worry about Rishi. I've got one job, and that's just to keep him smiling," Langer said.
"Because when you come into a new franchise, often you try so hard and you know, there's a lot of expectation. He's the captain of the team. There's high expectation and with that often comes pressure that none of us understand."
"No one understands that. One and a half billion there might be, I don't know, a dozen people in one and a half billion people in this country at the moment who understand that pressure. So we'll just stay with him," he added.
"We'll keep him smiling, keep him relaxed. And when he comes good, my gosh, we've won 50 per cent of our games so far and Rishi hasn't made many runs yet. Imagine when he does start making runs."
( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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