The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have endured another disappointing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. After finishing seventh in IPL 2025, the team performed even worse in IPL 2026 and ended at the bottom of the table with only 8 points under Rishabh Pant’s captaincy.
The poor results have now forced the Lucknow-based franchise to seriously think about changing the leadership of the team, and captain Rishabh Pant is under massive pressure. The franchise had huge hopes for Pant when he took charge in 2025, but things turned out to be a nightmare.
LSG struggled badly this season; from batting failures to poor decisions on the field, almost everything went wrong for the Lucknow Super Giants. Now, talks of a complete reset inside the franchise look more realistic than ever after the IPL 2026 disaster.
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After a crushing seven-wicket loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Lucknow on May 23, Lucknow Super Giants’ global director of cricket, Tom Moody, admitted that the team did not perform at the level expected from them. He shared that the LSG team management is now planning to sit together and review every department carefully after the terrible season.
Pant’s captaincy has become one of the biggest concerns for the franchise. In the last two IPL seasons, Lucknow managed to win only 10 matches while losing 18 games under his leadership. This raised many questions about whether Pant is the right man to lead the side going forward.
Rishabh Pant's captaincy in danger? LSG ready for major leadership reset after horrible season
At the same time, Rishabh Pant also failed to deliver with the bat. In two seasons for LSG, Pant scored 581 runs with a strike rate of 135.74, which is much lower than the standards he had set earlier in his career. And now Moody openly said that LSG will consider a reset in the leadership.
Tom Moody said at the press conference, as quoted by ESPNCricinfo: “From a captaincy point of view, you know, he's found it challenging, obviously, and the results reflect that. And you do have to wonder whether that is a pressure that is reflected in his performance with the bat. I know that this season has been a difficult season for us, but we will reflect on it; we'll take time, and we'll reflect on it. We'll consider all things.”
He further explained, “But certainly, we haven't lived up to the expectation or the standard that we expect of ourselves. And certainly, when it comes to the leadership of the franchise, it's certainly something that we'll be giving some very serious consideration to, you know, what it looks like in the future. Like every department, when you do reflect on a season, we will be making some considered decisions, but it certainly looks like we're needing to consider a reset.”
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Tom Moody refuses to point the finger at any individual
Recently, Rishabh Pant said that too many people are involved in leadership decisions, which created more confusion around the team, and that was visible during the 2026 season.
Later, LSG head coach Justin Langer expressed his disappointment with Rishabh Pant's performance both as captain and batter. Still, the team management does not want to blame only one player for the failure. Moody signed off by saying, “I think we're all responsible [for the disappointing season]. I don't think it's a time to point the finger at any individual.
I think we all take accountability, and now's not the time to be apportioning blame in any particular department. We all need time to reflect on it in a calm manner, but there are certain things that we do need to address, and those will be addressed.”
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