Rishabh Pant does backflip on poor form in last game of IPL 2025 but Jitesh takes RCB in top two

Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant finally did a backflip on his poor form throughout the IPL 2025 in the last match of the season. Pant scored unbeaten 118 off 61 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Tuesday (May 27) - his second fifty-plus score of the season.

Pant reached the century - his second of the IPL history - with a four towards the long off area on one leg. He then went on to perform a backflip and jumping lightly on the ground as if coming to rest. Have a look at the video:

LSG are already out of the playoff race and this no pressure game might have helped Pant to play more freely. he also came to bat a number three instead of Nicholas Pooran - leaving fans with the question why he didn't come to bat the same position throughout the season.

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Thanks to Pant's blitzkrieg, LSG posted 227/3 in 20 overs - leaving RCB too much to do if they were to fancy a finish in two two.

RCB started well and added 61 runs for the first wicket before the powerplay was over. Virat Kohli looked in good touch and scored 30-ball 54 before losing two partners on two balls as RCB slumped to 90/3 in eight overs.

After Kohli was dismissed in the 12th over with the target still more than 100 runs away - stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma joined Mayank Agarwal on the crease.

The duo added the remaining runs and were left with eight balls to spare as RCB finished on second place with 19 points from 14 games. Jitesh finished unbeaten on 85 off 33 balls which included eight fours and six sixes while Mayank remained not out on 41 off 23 balls.

RCB now face Punjab Kings in the qualifier 1 on Thursday (May 29) at Mullanpur while third and fourth place Gujarat Titans & Mumbai Indians play in the eliminator on May 30.