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Lucknow Super Giants suffered their second loss in IPL 2025 after Punjab Kings defeated them by eight wickets in match number 13 of the season at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, April 1. After the match, LSG skipper Rishabh Pant was seen having a conversation with franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka and it was looking like Goenka wasn’t happy with Pant for his performance. Reacting to this, former cricketer and the member of 1983 World Cup winning team Madan Lal also shared his opinion and suggested that these conversions shouldn’t take place in front of the camera.
In his X post, Madan Lal suggested that T20 cricket is unpredictable and the owners should let the cricketers play freely. “I don’t know the discussion between Rishab ad Mr Sanjiv’s Goenka . All this can happened inside.Let boys enjoy the game let them play freely.20/20 cricket very unpredictable,” the 1983 World Cup winner wrote on X.
LSG suffer second defeat in IPL 2025
Talking about the match, this was LSG’s first home game in IPL 2025 but it didn’t go as per the expectations. Batting first, LSG posted a total of 177 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Nicholas Pooran was the top-scorer with 44(30) runs while Ayush Badoni contributed with 41(33) runs. Abdul Samad also gave finishing touches with 27(12). For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh shone with figures of 3/43.
Chasing the winning target, opening batter Prabhsimran Singh top scored with 69 runs off 34 balls. After that, skipper Shreyas Iyer (52* off 30) and Nehal Wadhera (43* off 25) put up an unbeaten partnership of 67 runs as PBKS chased the winning target in just 16.2 overs after losing two wickets.
