Lucknow, April 25 -- With their campaigns slipping away, ninth-placed Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) and bottom-placed Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) head into Sunday's IPL 2026 clash at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow under intense pressure, as their struggles continue to expose leadership concerns around Rishabh Pant and Ajinkya Rahane.
One look at their captaincy record sums up the story. While Rahane has led KKR in 20 matches, winning six and losing 12, Pant has captained LSG in 21 games, with eight wins and 13 losses.
For three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders, the decision to continue with Rahane as captain after a disappointing IPL 2025 campaign was questioned from the start. Those doubts have...