IPL 2026 | LSG's Rishabh Pant suffers nasty blow on left elbow off Hazlewood delivery

Bengaluru: Lucknow Super Giants were dealt a telling blow as skipper Rishabh Pant badly injured his left elbow after being hit by a rising delivery from Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Josh Hazlewood during an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Pant, who recently made comeback to competitive cricket in IPL after recovering from left abdominal injury sustained during an India net session, now would be praying that it's more of a bruise and not a fracture.

The injury was sustained in the fifth over when Hazlewood got one to climb straight as Pant tried a pull shot and missed completely and was being hit on the bony part of left elbow.

He played one more ball but the excruciating pain forced him to take a medical break as LSG physio Patrick Farhart rushed in.

Pant tried hard to see if there was mobility in his elbow but he was writhing in pain and decided to walk off in a distraught manner. The condition of his elbow -- whether there is a fracture can only be ascertained after the swelling reduces and MRI can be done.

Pant, however, returned to bat in the 16th over after Ayush Badoni's dismissal with LSG tottering at 118 for 5.

But he didn't last long, getting out an over later caught behind the stumps by Phil Salt of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He made just 1 off 6 balls.

LSG are among the bottom-ranked teams in the league.