Ek April 2025 ko Lucknow ke Ekana Stadium mein ek aisa moment witness hua jo IPL fans kabhi nahi bhoolenge. IPL 2025 ke season ke pehle home match mein, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ke captain Rishabh Pant aur Punjab Kings (PBKS) ke naya skipper Shreyas Iyer jab toss ke liye aaye, tabhi likhi gayi ek historic line IPL ke golden pages mein.
Yeh pehla occasion tha IPL ki history mein jab do players with ₹25 crore+ salary ek hi match mein aamne-saamne aaye. Rishabh Pant ki salary hai ₹27 crore aur Shreyas Iyer ko PBKS ne ₹26.75 crore mein sign kiya, making them the top earners of the league ab tak.
Rishabh Pant ko pehle Delhi Capitals ne ₹20.75 crore mein retain kiya tha via Right to Match card, lekin jab LSG ne ₹27 crore ka bid lagaya, DC ne us bid ko match nahi kiya – aur Pant ban gaye Lucknow ke superstar captain.
Wahin Shreyas Iyer IPL ke history ke pehle player ban gaye jinki salary ₹25 crore ke mark ko cross ki, jab PBKS ne unhe mega-auction mein snap kar liya.
Is historic moment se pehle Mitchell Starc ka naam sabse mehenga khiladi ke roop mein liya jata tha, jise 2024 mini-auction mein KKR ne ₹24.75 crore mein liya tha.
Match recap: Toss jeet kar PBKS ne pehle fielding choose ki. Punjab ne ek change kiya – Lockie Ferguson ko team mein laya gaya. LSG ne apni winning playing XI ko maintain kiya.
LSG Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi. Impact Subs: Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh.
PBKS Playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh. Impact Subs: Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar.
Yeh moment sirf ek toss nahi tha – yeh tha IPL ki glam aur paiso wali duniya ka asli darshan. Fans ke liye yeh match sirf runs aur wickets ka nahi, balki paison ke game ka bhi tha!
