Match 38 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 witnessed a thriller, as the Kolkata Knight Riders edged the Lucknow Super Giants out in a tied affair via a Super Over. In an attempt to chase a meagre target of just 156 runs, the Rishabh Pant-led unit could not go beyond KKR’s total and scored only one run in the Super Over. Former cricketer Virender Sehwag has expressed disappointment at LSG’s yet another loss.
Sehwag has blamed the LSG management and think tank for the losses that they have been enduring in the ongoing season. With Kane Williamson (strategy coach), Justin Langer (head coach) and Tom Moody (director of cricket), the former India opener believes that management of such high calibre and proven expertise should not be letting a team down. He even questioned if their brains are in the right place.
“Lucknow Super Giants once again failed to chase down a total in this IPL. I just don’t understand. You have a director of cricket and a coach. Kane Williamson, Justin Langer and Tom Moody are all there. Inka kya dimag nahi chalta? (Do they not use their brains?) Are they not able to see how their team has been performing? The team is not being able to bat, and still they are winning the toss and inviting the opposition to bat,” Sehwag opined via Cricbuzz.
“If they won the toss and opted to bat first, even if they scored 140 to 150, the pressure would have been on KKR. I cannot understand this. You are not able to chase, but you are hell-bent and fixated on wanting to chase. Ye kahan ki samajhdari hai? Kaun le raha hai decisions? (How wise is this? Who is taking all these calls?),” the cricketer-turned-commentator expressed further.
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After facing the narrow loss against KKR, the Lucknow-based unit is currently last on the IPL 2026 points table with only two wins and six losses in eight matches. To add to their woes, Pant & Co. have a negative net run-rate (NRR) of -1.106.
