Rishabh Pant‘s debut as a Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) batter and captain couldn’t have gone much worse as he got out for a six-ball duck against his old franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in IPL 2025 on Monday. His big day was ruined by his dear friend, Kuldeep Yadav, in the 14th over of the first innings. Kuldeep tied Pant up with two wide-of-outside-off deliveries which the left-hander couldn’t get away. The fourth ball was on the pads and Pant mistimed the sweep straight it short fine. Under pressure, his partner Nicholas Pooran walked towards him after this and the duo had a brief chat. Perhaps recognizing the opportunity, Kuldeep went back to his wide line and tossed it up, inviting the slog. Pant reached out to it but couldn’t get under the loop and ended up toe-ending it to long-off where Faf du Plessis took the easiest of catches — giving the LSG fans the ultimate heartbreak. LSG signed him for an IPL record-shattering fee of Rs. 27 crore in the auction after his decision to leave DC. The fact wasn’t lost on LSG and neutral cricket fans who took on X (formerly Twitter) to troll him. Rishabh Pant still playing for Delhi Capitals ???? Pooran even calmed him down before the ball but nah ! — Riseup Pant (@riseup_pant17) March 24, 2025 Sanjiv Goenka to rishabh pant ?#DCvsLSG pic.twitter.com/aTXQBRVzim — chacha (@meme_kalakar) March 24, 2025 Indian wicketkeepers in IPL so far: •Ishan Kishan- 106(47) •Dhruv Jurel- 70(35) •Sanju Samson- 66(37) •Rishabh Pant- 🦆(6) pic.twitter.com/7Q3MMUKVGk — TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) March 24, 2025 27 crore ka duck Rishabh Pant played a masterclass today 0(5) pic.twitter.com/KNw2BmAnKg — KL’sGIRL (@Silverglohss_1) March 24, 2025 Rishabh Pant ki zero banne ke baad #DCvsLSG pic.twitter.com/sVUYmTOj78 — Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) March 24, 2025 Goenka to Rishabh Pant…#LSGvsDC pic.twitter.com/WLByB9FjLl — Suraj???? (@srj_rajput1) March 24, 2025 Rishabh Pant taking revenge of KL Rahul from LSG owner. — Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 24, 2025 Eat Five-Star do nothing ft. Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/tmYGDmwCox — Absol (@AlasFinished) March 24, 2025 Rishabh Pant has just done the toughest thing in world cricket. Scoring 0(6) on this pitch is anyday tougher than striking at 200-300 lol. — . (@ABDszn17) March 24, 2025 For Kuldeep, it was almost like another day in the office against Pant. This was the third time he got him out in IPL in six innings. The batter now averages just 7.66 against the left-arm wrist spinner.