NEW DELHI: Apart from the hovering sixes, stumps being despatched cartwheeling, crushing yorkers rattling the timber, creamy drives and breathtaking catches by fielders, the Indian Premier League has additionally witnessed a number of on-field altercations.If we discuss on-field feuds – Harbhajan Singh slapping S Sreesanth in what got here to be often called ‘Slapgate’, Kieron Pollard throwing his bat at Mitchell Starc, Ravichandran Ashwin ‘Mankading’ Jos Buttler, and Gautam Gambhir’s heated spat with Virat Kohli – the cash-rich league has seen all of it. However, the cricketers later determined to bury their animosity, patch issues up and transfer ahead with mutual respect.One such latest instance was the verbal duel between Nitish Rana and Digvesh Rathi through the Delhi Premier League. The two gamers have now patched up, and the credit score goes to Rishabh Pant.
Ahead of the IPL 2026 clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, LSG captain Pant performed the function of peacemaker between Rana and Rathi.“Tu kaha ja raha hai? Bas ho gaya, (Where are you going? Enough,” Pant will be heard saying to his teammate Rathi in a video shared by LSG.A smiling Rana was additionally heard telling Rathi, “In that case, I’ll have to sit with you.”In the clip, Delhi Capitals spinner Kuldeep Yadav is seen stepping in and hugging Pant whereas saying, “Bohut gyaan de diya”.That is when Pant added, “This is the problem with both.”The two cricketers – Rana and Rathi – had been seen burying the hatchet and sharing fun with one another ahead of the LSG vs DC clash on Wednesday.Both Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals endured underwhelming campaigns in IPL 2025, lacking out on playoff qualification. Delhi narrowly fell brief, ending fifth and only one level away from the highest 4, whereas Lucknow ended seventh after managing six wins of their 14 league matches.Squads:Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Nicholas Pooran (WK), Josh Inglis (WK), Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Naman Tiwari, Mitchell Marsh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed and Arshin Kulkarni.Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel (WK), Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parikh, Prithvi Shaw and Kyle Jamieson.
