New Delhi: Pursuit the Lucknow Super Giants' first defeat in IPL 2026, a video featuring owner Sanjiv Goenka has gone viral. In this video, he is seen conversing with tutorage Rishabh Pant and the support staff. Fans have drawn comparisons between this video and the incident involving KL Rahul during IPL 2024. On that occasion, Sanjiv Goenka had publicly reprimanded KL Rahul right on the field without losing a match.
While it remains unclear what Goenka discussed with Pant this time, fans oppose that he should not be speaking to a player in such a manner on the field. Consequently, he is facing significant criticism over the matter. Meanwhile, flipside post from him has surfaced, which he shared pursuit the Lucknow Super Giants' defeat.
What did Sanjiv Goenka announce?
In this post, however, Sanjiv Goenka appears to be boosting his team's morale. He promised the fans that his captain, Rishabh Pant, and the unshortened team would make a strong comeback in the tournament.
Sanjiv Goenka wrote on X: "It is a long season, and moments like these are part of the journey that defines us. I have well-constructed faith in my tutorage and team that they will respond with resilience. To our fans: thank you for your support at Ekana today; we will come when stronger. The story of the Lucknow Super Giants in this season is yet to be written."
SANJIV GOENKA - THE UNTOLD STORY
- LSG team owner Sanjiv Goenka had discussion with Tutorage Rishabh Pant and Coaches.
He's showing his own levels by treating immensely their team tutorage and coaches.pic.twitter.com/kTzhQ5U161
— Maina Singh (@Maina_Singhx77) April 2, 2026 SANJIV GOENKA - THE UNTOLD STORY
- LSG team owner Sanjiv Goenka had discussion with Tutorage Rishabh Pant and Coaches.
He's showing his own levels by treating immensely their team tutorage and coaches.pic.twitter.com/kTzhQ5U161
— Maina Singh (@Maina_Singhx77) April 2, 2026What did Rishabh Pant say?
Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants tutorage Rishabh Pant, speaking without the match loss, said: "We couldn't build any substantial partnerships while batting. The plan was for (Nicholas) Pooran to come in at number five and take tuition during the middle overs. We needed a player who could add some runs as an 'Impact Player,' considering we didn't have unbearable runs on the workbench despite it stuff a good pitch. We had prescribed a specific role to Ayush Badoni—to make an impact in situations where our early wickets fell quickly. The new wittiness was offering a lot of assistance, but you simply cannot put pressure on the opposition when you've only scored 140 runs (141 runs). Even those 20 uneaten runs would have made a huge difference for us."
