Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has released a statement about the incident on the pitch involving the owner, Sanjiv Goenka and captain Rishabh Pant after they lost to Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Indian Premier League 2026.
Following the defeat, Goenka was captured in a lively conversation with Pant, and head coach Justin Langer was involved in the conversation. It did not have audio, but the visuals created an impression of a serious conversation, which immediately became a viral trend on social media and caused a lot of speculation among fans and experts.
LSG, in its turn, issued a video on their official social media account to respond to the situation, saying, Not everything you see is the actual story, here is the raw post-match vibes, when cameras do not cut, in an effort to set the record straight on the incident.
Not everything you see is the true story, here’s the unfiltered post match vibes, when cameras don’t cut. pic.twitter.com/EiPMWrmlkQ
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 2, 2026The incident also reminded a similar event in the IPL 2024 season where Goenka was engaged in a verbal fight in front of the media with the then captain KL Rahul following a loss, and had attracted a lot of criticism then.
DC Recover from Early Collapse to Beat LSG Comfortably
In the field, DC won a comfortable six-wicket match over LSG at Ekana Cricket Stadium. LSG batted first and were bowled out at 141 and could not manage to create momentum as wickets were falling every other second. Mitchell Marsh had 35 and Abdul Samad contributed 36 to give some resistance.
At the opening of the innings Pant was only able to score seven runs before being run out. The bowlers of DC gave a disciplined performance and T Natarajan and Lungi Ngidi took three wickets each. There were also important breakthroughs in middle overs by Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.
LSG responded by making an early attempt with the ball, which left DC with 33/4 in the powerplay. Mohammed Shami hit the very first ball to get Rahul out and Mohsin Khan and Prince Yadav contributed with important wickets. Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs however changed the fortunes of the game by generating an unbroken 119-run partnership. Rizvi was the match-winner with 70 off 47 balls and Stubbs followed him with 39 off 47 balls, leading DC to victory with 17 balls to spare.
