LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka addressed rumours of rift with captain Rishabh Pant after a video of their animated chat following a defeat in IPL went viral. "With Rishabh...there has never been a scolding situation, ever...[People on social media] decided, 'Let's make Sanjiv Goenka a punching bag’," he said. Goenka also denied taking cricketing matters of LSG into his own hands.