Rishabh Pant Run Out: The fifth match of IPL 2026 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. A unique incident surprised everyone at the beginning of the match. In the initial overs of Lucknow Super Giants' innings, captain Rishabh Pant, who had come as an opener, was out after scoring 7 runs in 9 balls. This was no ordinary wicket, he was run out at the non-striker's end.
This incident happened on the last ball of the third over. Delhi Capitals bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled the ball to Mitchell Marsh and Marsh hit a straight drive of a good length ball, which was going towards the middle of the pitch. During this, Mukesh tried to stop the ball by raising his left hand. But the ball hit his hands and hit the stumps of the non-striker's end. At that time Rishabh Pant had gone far out of his crease.
An unfortunate run out for Rishabh Pant to begin the season.
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In such a situation, as soon as the ball hit the stumps, Mukesh Kumar appealed. It was clearly seen in the replays that Pant was outside the crease, due to which he was declared out. This run out was quite shocking for the fans. This kind of wicket at the beginning of the match proved to be a big blow for the team. Due to which Lucknow Super Giants lost their first wicket for just 19 runs and the start of Lucknow faltered a bit.
The beginning of this match was not special for Lucknow Super Giants. The team lost half its team even for 71 runs. Apart from Pant, Aiden Markram could also score only 11 runs. Ayush Badoni returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Whereas, Nicholas Puran scored only 8 runs. Mitchell Marsh got a good start, but he too could not go beyond 35 runs.
