Sanjiv Goenka breaks the silence on the IPL 2025 exit from LSG, posts intriguing image with Rishabh Pant

The owner of Lucknow Super Giants, Sanjiv Goenka, had great expectations of his franchise, especially after having managed to bring a renowned player like Rishabh Pant to the team. LSG had a mega-enchoole of manufacturing last year who saw them in the striker of a counter goalkeeper for record costs of 27 inr. Despite the possession of a strike unit including best players like Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, etc. The franchise could not finish in the last four.

LSG had a glimmer of hope to reach the KOs, but the defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) put them in the running. While chatter around the future plans of the franchise, in particular with regard to the Skipper Rishabh Pant, flood social media, the owner Sanjiv Goenka shed his heart, highlighting his learning of the campaign.

“It was a difficult second half of the season, but there is a lot of heart. The spirit, the effort and the moments of excellence give us a lot of things on which two games remain. Let’s play with pride and finish strong. #LSGVSSRH,” wrote Goenka on X (formerly Twitter).

It was a second difficult half of the season, but there is a lot to take. There are two games left. Let’s play with pride and finish strong. #LSGVSSRH pic.twitter.com/gfzyddlnmn

– Dr Sanjiv Goenka (@drsanjivgoenka) May 20, 2025

The post also came with a photo that showed Goenka standing while resting his hands on Pant’s shoulders. Some of the other team players can be seen around the pants in the photo.

After the defeat against the Sunrisers, Pant highlighted the team of the team of the team as the greatest reason behind the poor spectacle this season.

“We knew that we had shortcomings to fill because of the injuries. As a team, we had decided not to talk about it. But he became to fill the gaps. The way we had planned the auction, if we had the same bowling, history would have been different. Sometimes things were going on, sometimes they didn’t do it.