Rishabh Pant ends quiet IPL 2025 campaign with thunderous 54-ball century in LSG’s last league match against RCB

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant smashed a century in the team's last Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The wicketkeeper batter reached the 100-run mark in 54 balls. This was Pant's second century in a cash-rich league after his maiden ton in IPL 2018. He’s now the ninth centurion of IPL 2025.

Pant had a forgettable tournament with the bat before today, having scored just 151 runs in 12 innings. He now finishes the season with 269 runs at an average of 24.45 and a strike rate of 133.16.

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This was Pant's second century in IPL after his 128 not out off 63 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 while playing for Delhi Capitals. Notably, the 54-ball ton by the LSG captain is also the fastest hundred by a batter from the Lucknow-based franchise.

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The southpaw started his batting carnage by smashing Yash Dayal for 18 runs in the fourth over that included a sequence of 6, 4,4. Pant gained the confidence from that over and it rubbed on his partner Marsh as well.

Marsh, who started a bit slow, reaching 19 off his first 16 balls, but from there, 'Bison' took his batting to a different level, starting with a pulled six off Romario Shepherd.

Pant soon reached his fifty-second of the season for him, off 29 balls, hitting leg-spinner Suyash Sharma for two successive fours.

Marsh, who crossed 600 runs for his finest IPL season in a decade, went past his fifty in 31 balls with a six off Suyash.

However, Marsh could not go further as he snicked Bhuvneshwar Kumar to stumper Jitesh Sharma, who once again stood as stand-in skipper as Rajat Patidar was used as an Impact Sub.

But that had not much effect on Pant as he motored on and brought up his first hundred of the season, and second overall in seven years, in 54 balls with a boundary off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

It was a special way to get to a landmark too, carving an outside off-stump delivery over covers for a four. Pant celebrated in style too — a beaming style followed by an acrobatic somersault. Here is the clip.

However, LSG are already been eliminated from the 18th edition of the cash-rich league. They are playing their last clash of the tournament. Pant's unbeaten 118 off 61 balls helped the Lucknow-based franchise to put a mammoth 227 runs for RCB to chase.