India, March 25 -- It wasn't the debut Rishabh Pant was expecting in Vizag on Monday. Playing his first match for Lucknow Super Giants, where he donned the captain's armband, Pant suffered a six-ball duck, before erring on his captaincy. Eventually, a wicketkeeping blunder became the cynosure of LSG's one-wicket loss against Delhi Capitals.

Ashutosh Sharma's heroics single-handedly reduced the equation to a run-a-ball note for Delhi heading into the final over. Yet, Lucknow were still in the game with No. 11 Mohit Sharma on strike at the start of the 20th over. Spinner Shahbaz Ahmed dished out an absolute ripper on good length on middle as the batter looked to play it through the on-side and, in a bid, shimmied down the track. But the ba...