Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka hailed Rishabh Pant’s Maiden Hundred, calling it ‘Pant’astic!’ on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. In their most recent match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Ekana Stadium, Pant scored an incredible undefeated 118 off 61 balls, showcasing his explosive knock and earning Goenka’s LSG praise despite a difficult IPL 2025. This helped LSG reach 227/3.
Pant finally found his groove and smashed an unbeaten 118 off just 61 balls (11 fours, 8 sixes). And with Marsh (67 off 37) beside him, the duo stitched a solid 152-run partnership for the second wicket.
LSG made full use of a batting-friendly pitch and RCB’s loose bowling. This season hadn’t been kind to Pant and he’d been striking at just 107, and that dip hurt Lucknow big time.
But this knock? It hit different.
However, Pant changed the course of events that evening by striking the ball with the necessary force and a strike-rate of about 200. Pant’s timing also automatically returned after he stopped hitting the ball too hard.
With a pulled six off Romario Shepherd, the Australian batsman took his batting to a new level after starting a little slowly, reaching 19 off his first 16 balls.
Pant and Marsh’s Explosive Partnership
Rishabh Pant’s Maiden Hundred charge saw him race to his second fifty of IPL 2025 in 29 balls, smashing leg-spinner Suyash Sharma for two consecutive fours during Lucknow Super Giants’ clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on May 27, 2025. Shaun Marsh, enjoying his best IPL in a decade with over 600 runs, reached his fifty in 31 balls, launching a six off Suyash, underscoring Marsh’s Stellar Season and Suyash Sharma’s Tough Over.
A special commemoration of Pant’s 100th birthday
For a cricketer it was a very special way get to a mark, as in the way of reaching there he hit over off stump delivery to over the covers and got a boundary as a four. After he just flipped and flexed his athletic abilities.
It was the quintessential Pant shot that carried all his idiosyncrasies in an inning in which he generally stuck to conventional ways of batting, as he later added 49 runs for the third wicket with Nicholas Pooran.
This recent performance has at least given the horde of Pant and LSG supporters hope for a better IPL 2026 season the following year, even though they had hoped for more of it early in the season.
