Pant may be removed from the captaincy of LSG, former opener suggested the name of the new captain, Rishabh wants a break for a few days.

New Delhi. Every team faces defeat, but when defeat becomes a habit and one’s own mistakes are behind it, then the worry deepens. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is currently going through the same phase where the competition is less with the opposition and more with its own complications. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is now not only losing matches but is also spoiling them.

LSG under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant has been very disappointing so far. This team looks confused every time the camera goes to the dugout. Plans change with every ball, players’ roles change with every match and as soon as the pressure comes, decisions fall apart. LSG, sitting at the bottom of the points table of IPL 2026, has lost 6 out of its 8 matches and is almost out of the tournament. Obviously it is the captain who has to face criticism and the same is happening here. Former IPL coach Wasim Jaffer has openly talked about change in captaincy. He believes that South Africa’s Aiden Markram should be made the captain so that Pant can concentrate on his game without being free from the pressure of captaincy.

Jafar said change the captain

Jaffer said that captaincy is becoming a burden on Pant. We saw the same in IPL 2025, when he scored only 151 runs in the first 12 innings. This year too, he has won the team with the bat in only one match, the rest of the performance has not been as per expectations, especially for a player who is priced at Rs 27 crore. I think a player like Rishabh Pant should just play as a player, when you give him freedom, he can win the match on his own. The burden of captaincy should not be put on him.

markram better option

Markram is a better captain, calm, strong and brings out the best in the team. However, this is just my opinion.” If you want to see an example of Pant’s captaincy this season, then watch the last 5 overs against KKR. The decision to bowl first was to give the ball to Digvesh Rathi in the last over in front of a set batsman like Rinku Singh. This move completely backfired. Four sixes and the match turned from 93/7 to a successful chase of 156. Today’s Round In this, when teams try to release pressure by scoring runs quickly, it is only when the team is not clear about its plan that it has been the biggest problem this season.

pressure of 27 crores

There is no hesitation in saying that his performance drops while captaining, both his strike rate and average go down, and his natural aggression also gets affected. However, it is not easy for Pant to play just as a player in LSG. He is the face of this team and was bought for Rs 27 crores. Most expensive players in IPL history. With such a huge price tag also comes responsibility. He is expected to lead, manage the team in difficult times and it seems that Pant himself wants to captain, which is why this decision is not easy because currently LSG has a captain who wants to lead, but there is also a team which does not seem to be getting leadership in the right direction.