India, May 20 -- For the second consecutive time, Lucknow Super Giants failed to make the playoffs in the IPL season. The Rishabh Pant-led side incurred the fate on Monday (May 19) at the Ekana Stadium after their fourth straight loss in the 2025 season of the tournament, losing to the Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets. Pant reasoned that injuries hampering the bowling unit resulted in LSG's IPL exit.

Following the loss against SRH, which knocked them out of the race to the playoffs with two games remaining in the season, Pant said that the spate of injuries to key bowlers and Lucknow's inability to fill those gaps weakened the unit, and led to their forgettable second half, where they lost five of their last six games.

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