Rishabh Pant will be removed from the captaincy? LSG Reveals Post-IPL 2026 Plans | Cricket News

Tom Moody, LSG’s board of directors, has made a major cut in the captaincy (Image: X)

With the Global Director of Cricket, Lucknow Supergiants are likely to undergo a major overhaul after a disappointing IPL 2026 season. Tom Moody Acknowledging that the franchise failed to live up to expectations and prompting a serious conversation about leadership moving forward. LSG endured one of their worst campaigns in franchise history, winning just four matches all season and finishing in the bottom two of the points table despite entering the tournament with high expectations.Speaking after the loss to Punjab Kings, Modi acknowledged the captaincy. Rishabh Pant Having struggled to cope with the pressure of leadership, poor results were likely affecting his batting performances as well.“From a captain’s point of view, you know, he finds it challenging, obviously, and the results reflect that, and you have to wonder if it’s pressure that shows in his performance with the bat. I know it’s been a tough season for us, but we’ll look at it, we’ll take time, we’ll look at it.” After losing the Punjab press conference, we will consider all things. (PBKS).“But we certainly didn’t live up to the expectation or the standard that we expect of ourselves. And certainly when it comes to the leadership of the franchise, it’s certainly something that we’re going to look at very seriously, you know, what that looks like going forward. Like every department, when you look at a season, we’re going to be making some thoughtful decisions, “but we need to look at it,” he added. Pant’s individual performance with the bat has also come under scrutiny during his tenure with LSG. Once regarded as one of the most explosive batsmen in the IPL, highlighted by his sensational 2018 season where he scored 684 runs at a strike rate of 173.60 and his impressive 2019 campaign with 488 runs at 162.66, Pant has struggled to replicate those standards. In two seasons for LSG, Pant has scored 581 runs at a strike rate of 135.74, both his average and strike rate are lower than his IPL career totals.

LSG’s IPL 2026 campaign