The honeymoon period is over at Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). And for the first time since the franchise made Rishabh Pant the most expensive player in IPL history, there are genuine questions being asked internally about whether this partnership is even working.
LSG’s IPL 2026 campaign has ended in disappointment, a major one. The management was swamped with huge names before the season with the likes of Kane Williamson, Tom Moody and Bharat Arun coming in. However it resulted in four wins all season, a bottom-two finish, constant chopping and changing in the batting order, and tactical decisions that often left even former players scratching their heads. Now, global director of cricket Tom Moody has publicly admitted that the franchise is considering a “reset”.
Tom Moody admits leadership concerns around Rishabh Pant
Speaking after LSG’s defeat to Punjab Kings, Moody stopped short of directly blaming Pant, but his comments gave enough hint to indicate that serious discussions are coming.
“From a captaincy point of view, he’s found it challenging, obviously, and the results reflect that, and you do have to wonder whether that pressure is reflected with his performance with the bat,” Moody said in the post match press conference.
“Certainly when it comes to the leadership of the franchise, it’s something that we’ll be taking some very serious consideration to regarding what it looks like in the future.”
Pant was not just signed as a captain. He was signed as the face of the franchise, who is earning the biggest contract in IPL history. A player expected to deliver elite middle-order batting, leadership and star power together. Punjab Kings paid big money for Shreyas Iyer because they believed he could offer all three. He largely justified it. Pant, so far, has not. For a franchise that spent INR 27 crore on Pant, it has backed the player for two consecutive years.
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