Punjab Kings showed Gandhigiri on Rishabh Pant's statement, fans trolled the new captain of LSG fiercely.

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Before IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants have announced the name of their new captain. The Lucknow team has handed over the command of the team to wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. In the mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants had made a record-breaking bid on Pant and included him in their team. Now he has also become the new captain of this team. But with becoming the captain, he has come under the target of Punjab Kings fans. Actually, during the announcement of becoming the captain, Pant made such a statement on Punjab which is becoming quite viral.

Actually, during a show on Star Sports, franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka announced Pant as the captain. But as soon as Rishabh Pant became the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, he took a dig at the Punjab team. When Pant was asked about the mega auction, he said, 'I had only one tension and that was Punjab. They had the biggest purse, Rs 112 crore. When Punjab bought Shreyas Iyer, I thought I could go to LSG. Anything can happen in the auction, so I thought it better to just wait and was just praying.'

Even though Rishabh Pant took a dig at the Punjab Kings team, Punjab Kings shared a post on social media and congratulated Pant on becoming the captain. Punjab Kings shared a photo of Pant with Shreyas Iyer and wrote, 'Fearless young blood, ready to roar. Congratulations to Rishabh on being appointed the captain of Lucknow Super Giants! Best wishes to you.' After this post of Punjab Kings, Pant is being trolled for his statement.

There have been many reactions from fans on this post of Punjab Kings and fans have appeared unhappy with Pant. A fan wrote, 'The admin of Punjab Kings has shown generosity by praising Pant after the insult.' At the same time, a user wrote, 'Sometimes, we should not be too nice. No one Shreyas Pant will teach a lesson or two this season.' On the other hand, a fan wrote, 'Have some shame man. Pant had said in a live interview that he did not want to come and play for Punjab. He is not even in your team or was in the past. There is no need to post about him.' A fan even wrote that, 'When someone slaps you, instead of responding, you should turn the other cheek forward… Gandhiji's ideology will not take you anywhere in today's world.'

Let us tell you, Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in IPL history and now he has also become the most expensive captain. Earlier, Pant was the captain of the Delhi team. But he was released by the Delhi team.