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‘Gives you different level of confidence’

‘Gives you different level of confidence’

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2 min readMay 8, 2026 08:11 AM IST Lucknow Super Giants pacer Prince Yadav credited senior India fast bowler Mohammed Shami for helping him grow in confidence after his three-wicket haul against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Lucknow on Thursday. Prince returned figures of 3/33 in four overs and said regular conversations with Shami have helped him improve as a bowler. “We keep talking to him. In fact, Mohammed Shami is also there. We keep talking about positive things and how to deliver well,” Prince said during the post-match press conference. ALSO READ | Prince Yadav’s 3-wicket haul and Mitchell Marsh’s 111 power LSG past RCB in last-over thriller “I have learnt a lot from him. But the best thing about him is that whenever a bowler is bowling, he stands at mid-on or mid-off. “If an experienced bowler stands with you, it gives you a different level of confidence.” With 20 runs needed in the final over, Rishabh Pant had to choose between bowling Shahbaz Ahmed or spinner Digvesh Rathi. Pant backed Rathi, and the …

LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka: ‘We’ve made IPL playoffs twice, but that’s clearly not good enough’ | Ipl News

LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka: ‘We’ve made IPL playoffs twice, but that’s clearly not good enough’ | Ipl News

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3 min readMar 25, 2026 06:48 PM IST Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka has said that making it to the IPL playoffs is “not good enough” for a team like LSG. One of the youngest teams in the league, Lucknow have made the playoffs of the IPL a couple of times, but Goenka believes there is enough pedigree for them to go all the way this time around. “I think our true identity is still evolving. For any sports team, until you get victory, you don’t receive the same level of respect or affection that comes with lifting the trophy,” the LSG owner said in a conversation with JioHotstar ahead of the start of IPL 2026. “Yes, we’ve made the playoffs twice, but that’s clearly not good enough. You win some, you lose some, but we have to win our first trophy.” Goenka also pointed out how in IPL 2025, LSG had coped with multiple injuries to their frontline bowlers. “The positive (from last season) was that we won four of our first …

R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s ‘Mankad’ appeal

R Ashwin slams Rishabh Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s ‘Mankad’ appeal

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Ravichandran Ashwin has stated that Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant shouldn’t have withdrawn Digvesh Rathi’s run-out appeal against Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Jitesh Sharma in their last game of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season on Tuesday. The match may have been utterly inconsequential for LSG but it was not devoid of drama. Among the last acts was Rathi attempting to run out a marauding Jitesh Sharma at the non-striker’s end, popularly known as a ‘Mankad’ appeal. Replays showed LSG captain Rishabh Pant seemingly withdrawing the appeal just as the third umpire’s decision of ‘not out’ was shown on the jumbotron in Lucknow. “Until now, everything was right. But after that, commentators started saying that Pant has withdrawn the appeal – what an amazing act of sportsmanship. Grow out of this,” Ashwin said on his Youtube channel Ashwin has played a significant role in bringing the conversation around this mode of dismissal to the mainstream after he ran out Jos Buttler while playing for the Punjab Kings against Rajasthan Royals in the 2019 IPL. …

IPL 2025: Digvesh Rathi Mankads RCB’s Jitesh Sharma but LSG skipper Rishabh Pant withdraws appeal | Ipl News

IPL 2025: Digvesh Rathi Mankads RCB’s Jitesh Sharma but LSG skipper Rishabh Pant withdraws appeal | Ipl News

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Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Rathi was in the centre of controversy once again after he Mankaded Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Jitesh Sharma and appealed for a wicket. However, LSG captain Rishabh Pant withdrew the appeal as a sign of sportsman spirit and ultimately Jitesh went on to guide RCB to a 6-wicket win which enabled them to finish in the Top 2. The incident happened in the 17th over when Rathi, seeing Jitesh out of the non-striker’s crease, went ahead and took the bails off the stumps. The bat was not grounded which could have ended Jitesh’s night but Pant decided not to take a wicket that way and withdrew the appeal. Jitesh conjured up a sensational unbeaten 85 to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru trump Rishabh Pant’s exceptional 118 and seal the team’s place in the IPL Qualifier 1. The Royal Challengers will now face Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 at Mullanpur on Thursday. Story continues below this ad The RCB finished second on the table with 19 points, same as Punjab but …

LSG’s Digvesh Rathi suspended after Abhishek Sharma clash in Lucknow | Ipl News

LSG’s Digvesh Rathi suspended after Abhishek Sharma clash in Lucknow | Ipl News

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Lucknow Super Giants spinner Divesh Rathi has been suspended for the team’s final league-stage match after accumulating more demerit points from a Code of Conduct breach following a tussle with Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday. The tournament organisers confirmed that Rathi had committed a Level 1 offence for the third time this season, tallying five demerit points that warrant a one-match suspension. “This was his third Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 this season and hence, he has accumulated Two Demerit Points, in addition to Three Demerit Points he had accumulated earlier – One Demerit Point against Punjab Kings on April 01, 2025 and Two Demerit Points against Mumbai Indians on April 04, 2025. Story continues below this ad “As he now has Five Demerit Points this season – which result in a one-game suspension – Digvesh will now be suspended for LSG’s next game – against Gujarat Titans on May 22, 2025 in Ahmedabad. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match …

From young Digvesh Rathi to veteran Ishant Sharma, list of players to be fined this season

From young Digvesh Rathi to veteran Ishant Sharma, list of players to be fined this season

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The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is off to a fiery start already with the passion spilling over on the field. While players and teams are off chasing records in IPL 2025, there have been some notable infringements as well in IPL 2025: this includes players getting fined because of their behaviour and captains getting hit with penalties because of the team’s slow-over rates. Here’s a list of the penalties imposed in IPL 2025 so far: For slow over rates: According to clause 12.6, a team must complete 14.11 overs an hour. In uninterrupted matches, “the 20th over should finish within 90 minutes (being 85 minutes of playing time plus 5 minutes of time-out) of the start of the innings.” A failure to ensure this leads to fines on IPL skippers. Here’s IPL 2025’s slow over rate penalty list: Story continues below this ad Riyan Parag (RR): Parag led the Rajasthan Royals squad in first three matches when regular captain Sanju Samson was unavailable for captaincy. Parag, while defending against Chennai Super Kings …

Digvesh Rathi’s LSG team mate hopes he doesn’t repeat ‘notebook celebration’

Digvesh Rathi’s LSG team mate hopes he doesn’t repeat ‘notebook celebration’

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Young Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) spinner Digvesh Rathi has been one of the standout stories of this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), bursting onto the scene with six wickets in four matches at an economy rate of 7.62. However, the bowler’s unique celebration – after getting a wicket he mimes making notes in an imaginary book  – has landed him in trouble. Two such send-offs – first to Priyansh Arya of Punjab Kings and later to Naman Dhir of Mumbai Indians – resulted in him getting fined by the IPL’s disciplinary committee. His team mates are backing him but have their fingers crossed since another reprimand would result in suspension. “Priyansh Arya is his very good friend. He did it (celebration) in a friendly way. I hope he doesn’t do that again but it’s his first IPL season so all this is happening. I hope he doesn’t do that again but it’s his first IPL season so all this is happening,” said LSG all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed on eve of his team’s game against …

LSG coach Justin Langer heaps praise on Digvesh Rathi

LSG coach Justin Langer heaps praise on Digvesh Rathi

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Lucknow Super Giants’ head coach Justin Langer heaped praise on Digvesh Rathi’s work ethic after the spinner walked away with a player-of-the-match performance against Mumbai Indians on Friday. The 25-year-old dismissed a red-hot Naman Dhir and allowed 21 runs at just over five runs per over, while every other Lucknow bowler conceded at least 10 per over. Mumbai fell 12 runs short of Lucknow’s 203 from their 20 overs. FOLLOW: CSK vs DC LIVE SCORE, IPL 2025 UPDATES “Like all the great spinners, he loves bowling,” Langer said in the press conference after Digvesh’s 1/21 on a high-scoring night. “Oh my gosh, if he could bowl 16 hours a day, he’d bowl 16 hours a day,” Langer told reporters of Rathi, who has picked up six wickets in four matches. He probably bowls in the corridor of the hotel, he bowls at breakfast, he bowls in the shower, he bowls everywhere … he is being rewarded for years and years of practice, and now he is in the big league, he has got an unbelievable …

Digvesh Rathi fined again for ‘notebook’ celebration, loses 50 percent match fees in LSG vs MI match | Ipl News

Digvesh Rathi fined again for ‘notebook’ celebration, loses 50 percent match fees in LSG vs MI match | Ipl News

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Lucknow Super Giants spinner Divesh Rathi courted controversy for a second game running with his “writing in my notebook” celebration gesture during the clash against the Mumbai Indians at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Only four days after he was fined 25 percent of his match fees for the provocative celebration, Rathi’s fine was doubled to 50 percent for his animated gestures after dismissing MI’s Naman Dhir during LSG’s eventual 12-run win. “Digvesh Singh, Bowler, Lucknow Super Giants has been fined 50 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Mumbai Indians at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Friday. This was his second Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 this season and hence, he has accumulated Two Demerit Points, in addition to One Demerit Point which he accumulated during LSG’s match against Punjab Kings on April 01, 2025,” a statement from the IPL committee read. Story continues below this ad In LSG’s previous outing, Rathi unfurled the celebration …