New Delhi: Rishabh Pants high-priced IPL 2025 debut with the Lucknow Super Giants has yielded disappointing results. Following scores of 0 and 15 in his first two matches he managed only 2 runs against the Punjab Kings. Despite being the most expensive player in IPL history purchased for ₹27 crore Pants early performances have drawn criticism on social media. 27 crore ka pahalwaan Rishabh Pant in every IPL match 😭#LSGvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/uXu040YcCD — maithun (@Being_Humor) April 1 2025 Requesting BCCI to drop Rishabh Pant from Central Contract. He is not even the Top 10 wicketkeeper in India right now. @GautamGambhir @imAagarkar pic.twitter.com/VY7yVbIIVJ — Anurag™ (@Samsoncentral) April 1 2025 His baniya buddhi is already calculating the per ball cost of buying Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/ubQpw8TQHP — Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 1 2025 Sanjiv Goenka watching Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/7TCKghlIAs — ICT Fan (@Delphy06) April 1 2025 Following his dismissal for a duck against the Delhi Capitals Ambati Rayudu a former player for Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians criticized Rishabh Pants shot selection. We all talked about his shot selection against spin he is going for that six option rather than playing a four or you know to build an innings play gaps so that batsmanship quality needs to be improved in his game especially in the middle overs if he wants to bat in the middle overs so i think i all has started from there. Once a captain gets out you have Ayush Badoni whose strike rate against spin is not great. Its not a great batting lineup against slow bowling that LSG has. Ambati Rayudu said as per a video by ESPNCricinfo. Matthew Hayden faulted Rishabh Pant for squandering six deliveries in a pivotal moment following a 28-run over against the Delhi Capitals. Hayden stressed the need for Pant to rotate the strike and adopt a less complex approach highlighting the batsmans ability to execute such a strategy. He wasted six balls as well you know. Thats batsmanship youre talking about; it might out especially when the previous over went for 28 runs. So the reality is just try to understand youve maybe got one or two balls but then you gotta get off strike. And hes surely good enough to do that. Just keep it simple. Matthew Hayden said as per a video by ESPNCricinfo. Piyush Chawla criticized Rishabh Pants overly defensive batting strategy in T20 and ODI cricket. He advised Pant to play slightly angled shots to accumulate singles rather than attempting to defend straight as this would allow his batting partner to rotate the strike more effectively. When he came into bat so when he was defending the ball also he was just trying to defend the ball straight and in T20 and in one day cricket nowadays even the bowler is happy to give you one so if you just have to angle it a bit and youll get a one and fielder is already on the line so if you just get off the strike it become better for your partner. Piyush Chawla said as per a video by ESPNCricinfo.