Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant famously withdrew the appeal after Digvesh Rathi ran out Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) keeper-batter Jitesh Sharma at the non-striker's end in the IPL 2025 match at the Ekana International Stadium. Visuals of the same surfaced on social media as Jitesh hugged Pant moments after the latter decided to withdrew the appeal.
The moment occurred in the 17th over of the innings, which was also Rathi's final. With the 27-year-old finding himself under pressure after conceding a six following a backfoot no-ball and wickets being hard to come by, he broke the stumps at the non-striker's end as Jitesh had backed up a long way. It went to the third umpire but Pant withdrew the appeal; hence, the big screen reflected not out.
Watch the visuals below:
Jitesh eventually went on to win the game for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, sealing a top two finish and setting up a Qualifier 1 game with Punjab Kings on May 29 in Mullanpur. The RCB keeper-batter finished unbeaten at 85 off 33 deliveries and hit the winning six.
"There will be lot of areas where we will be talking" - Rishabh Pant
Pant addressed his unbeaten 118 off 61 deliveries by claiming that he maintained the same intensity throughout the innings. However, he felt LSG's campaign came apart due to their inconsistencies and the chances they failed to take every time it presented. The 27-year-old said at the post-game presentation:
"Eventually you've got to play 40 overs of good cricket. Twenty overs aren't going to save you. I was feeling well with each and every match. But sometimes it just doesn't come off. Whenever you get a start, try to make it as big as possible. I was trying to play the field - how they were going to bowl Just playing through the line. Just kept on playing with the same intensity throughout the innings."
"There will be lot of areas where we will be talking. But the season is just ending. Just want to switch off for a few days. The way our batting unit has come up, there have been some special bowling performances also. We've been getting chances, but we haven't been able to maintain. That is costing us the match."
