LSG’s inconsistent campaign in IPL 2025 came to an end as RCB chased down the huge 228-run target with eight balls in hand on Tuesday. With 12 points after 14 games, Pant added that the kind of inconsistent cricket they have played, the results were unlikely to be any better for his side as well.

“Eventually you got to play 40 overs of good cricket,” Pant admitted at the post-match presentation following the loss against RCB. “20 overs will definitely not save you in a T20 game and that’s been our story. There were a lot of injury concerns before the tournament, that’s something that hurt us going through the season.”

Pant again said, “The way our batting unit has come up, there have been some special bowling performances also. Digvesh Rathi is one of them, Avesh bowled some crucial overs. We’ve been getting chances but we weren’t able to maintain it for a longer period of time.”

Much like Pant, Zaheer Khan also added that a lot of injuries in his team’s pace department hurt their plans as well, for didn’t help find a settled attack.

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“When you start off the IPL season, obviously your first goal is to think of the playoffs, how you are going to get there, what kind of plans you are going to have,” Zaheer said on Tuesday. “We obviously made the conscious effort of not paying much attention to the challenges which we are facing in the beginning of the season, which is losing a few of our main bowlers to injuries, and still going to find a way of putting up games of cricket together and finding ways of winning the match. That is something that was the process which everyone was aligned to.”

“Looking at that, we have had a decent season from that point of view, but yes, we fell short. Putting the game together was a challenge which was evident right throughout the season. Those are the learnings which we have from the season,” he further added.

Zaheer Khan also shared the positives for the team from the season as well.

“There are positives, a lot of positives. The stability was evident with regard to batting, but with regard to bowling, we were trying to figure out the combinations, we were trying to figure out the options which can get us over the line. That is something that was the story right throughout the season… The season is done, but the journey has just begun as Lucknow Super Giants franchise,” he stated.

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Amid the poor season, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, and Nicholas Pooran combined to add 1596 runs, which came at a strike rate of over 168. However, Pant’s poor form and the inability of the middle order cost them a lot. However, Pant finished the campaign by smashing a 61-ball 118*, which, according to Zaheer Khan, will hold LSG in a good position as they look to build on from here for the next season as well.

“He (Pant) has been good as a leader, that is something which was a bright positive for us throughout the season. The form with the bat definitely was something which was a learning experience for him as well, to have this kind of a season. But the ability, calibre is something which no one has any doubt about. That is the way we are looking at it, so we are happy that he finished on a very strong note. That is the calibre which he has, that is the impact he can have on the game,” Zaheer Khan concluded.