India, April 22 -- Rishabh Pant did not hold back as he aimed fire at the batting unit after Lucknow Super Giants suffered a fourth-straight defeat in IPL 2026, going down by 40 runs to the Rajasthan Royals at the Ekana Stadium. It was also their seventh consecutive defeat at the venue - equalling the third-worst streak in IPL history. Yet, at the end of it all, Pant still had enough humour left to slip in a cheeky comment for presenter Simon Doull during the post-match chat.

All the talk around Ekana being a chasing-friendly venue since 2023 fell flat as LSG struggled to hunt down a modest target of 160. The pace unit - Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan and Prince Yadav - had set it up beautifully for the hosts, but the batting unit failed to...