The most expensive signing in IPL history, Rishabh Pant, is expected to play a key role in IPL 2025. However, Wicketkeeper-Batter has been unable to catch fire on stage so far.

LSG faces consequences as they have lost twice in the first three games of the game. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh talked about Rishabh Pant’s consistent failure so far and marked him as his team’s “big shock”.

Harbhajan also praised the Punjab Kings for their performance this year and praised their head coach Ricky Ponting for working with the youngsters and putting all the effort behind this team.

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Harbhajan Singh tags Rishabh Pant as “A Huge Shock”

Harbhajan Singh kept Rishabh Pant’s consecutive low scores against the Bats this season when he spoke on his YouTube channel. The former Indian spinner tagged him as a huge shock to LSG and asked the team to do something to their captain.

“Rishabh Pant can’t do a lot of things. His bats are quiet. They will have to do something to get him out early. He’s shocked by the team.”

Rishabh Pant has been ranked fourth in all three games so far, but has not made a significant impact. Ticket Checker – Bat is one of the most dangerous batsmen in the IPL right now, but hasn’t gone too far.

Rishabh Pant’s Failed Hat Trick

So far, Rishabh Pant has an average run of just 5.66, with the best 15 points in three games. He won the Ducks in his first match against the Delhi Capitals and then scored 15 points against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second match.

In LSG’s third game against the Punjab Kings, Pant struggled 32-2 in the power game and his team struggled 32-2. His team needs the captain to fire in difficult situations.

But when he tried to hit Glenn Maxwell’s half-field track on the ground, he went out in a shocking way only twice. Pant picked Yuzvendra Chahal and was happy on his legs. He was on the ground and was fired completely shocked.

Harbhajan Singh praises Ricky Ponting

Harbhajan Singh spoke further in the same video for post-match analysis and claimed that LSG’s batsman was stuck and scored not much. He felt that the Punjab hit was too strong for LSG and they needed to do more running on the board.

“LSG was in trouble. After losing the game, they didn’t score much and let themselves down. Nicholas Doaran performed well, but he was trapped by Yuzvendra Chahal. So when (Nicholas) Pooran (Nicholas) Pooran left, LSG’s back was almost broken,” Harbhajan pointed out.

Former CSK Spinner added: “Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad provided some fireworks at the end to bring them to the total, which is worth fighting for, but it is hard to defend because of the strong hitting level in Punjab.”

Harbhajan also praised Ricky Ponting’s way for his way with the Punjab Kings as head coach. He believes that Ponting’s motivation works well among young people in Punjab, who are getting results.

“To bet in Lucknow Lucknow shows that they played great cricket. Punjab finally finally, like a team, a unit that is fighting. This team is showing the characteristics that have gone along the way. Ricky Ponting has inspired only the young people, and only he can inspire him.”

The Punjab King may have only played two games so far, but showed enough hope. Opening match Priyansh Arya made his IPL debut with a stunning knock on the door in the first game. Arya scored 47 points with just 23 fours and 23 of sixes.

Prabhsimran Singh hit a brutal 69 goals with 34 goals in Game 2. Nehal Wadhera also won an excellent championship of 25 goals in PBKS debut.