'There was a time in the tournament we had...' Rishabh Pant reflects on LSG's topsy-turvy IPL 2025 campaign following convincing win vs GT

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant struck a note of optimism after his side's 33-run win over Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, in what was a spirited performance despite their exit from the IPL 2025 playoff race.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant voiced a sense of optimism after the team's 33-run win against Gujarat Titans in match 64 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, despite getting out of the playoff contention.

Pant lavished praise on teammates for playing good cricket despite getting eliminated from the tournament.

“Definitely happy. We have shown as a team that we can play good cricket,” Pant said in the post-match presentation. “There was a time in the tournament we had the chance to qualify. But that's part and parcel of the game. We need to learn and get better.”

Akash Singh Maharaj and William O'Rourke's spells helped the LSG to restrict GT's dominating batting, which helped the Lucknow-based franchise to register a morale-boosting victory in their penultimate league game.

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Pant credited the performance of the batting unit, pointing out contributions from Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran while acknowledging the resilience in a lineup plagued by injuries.

“There was injury concerns coming into the tournament. The way Mitch, Markram, and Pooran batted and the whole batting unit in fact.”“Fielding, we made lapses. Learn from it and move forward,” he added.

Pant, who has had a forgetful IPL season, scored 16 off 6 balls, hammering Kagiso Rabada for two sixes. In IPL 2025, he managed to score just 151 runs in 13 matches at a low average of 13.73 and a strike rate of just over 100. LSG are currently sixth in the points table with 12 points from 13 games, while GT, despite the loss, remained top of the table with 18 points from 13 outings.