LSG mentor Zaheer Khan denied that captain Rishabh Pant, who was acquired by the franchise for ₹27 crore and has scored 110 runs in nine IPL 2025 innings, is feeling the price-tag pressure. "I wouldn't relate it to anything like that," he said. Zaheer added, "As a leader, he is ticking all the boxes...I'm very confident that the impact...will come."