Rishabh Pant was bought in by Sanjiv Goenka’s Lucknow Supergiants this year for a whooping Rs 27 crores. From the previous IPLs we have seen that Sanjiv Goenka has a reputation of being not only serious but also getting into the captain’s space.

Last year, Sanjiv Goenka had a full-blown public tiff with KL Rahul, the captain of the Lucknow Supergiants. The spat was so ugly that Sanjiv Goenka had to call in K L Rahul for a dinner after few days in order to calm down the hatred that he was receiving on social media for the incident.

It was rumored that Lucknow Supergiants were keen to retain KL Rahul this year however the cricketer was equally keen to move on. That’s when the franchise decided to go after for Rishabh Pant.

Knowing the reputation of Sanjiv Goenka, fans have been curious to know whether Rishabh Pant had a tiff with Sanjiv Goenka like that of K L Rahul case as the southpaw had not scored that many runs in this year IPL which was expected of him after he was bought in for whopping Rs. 27 crores.

In the comedy episode of Netflix’s Kapil Sharma show, Rishabh Pant was asked about whether he would have liked a female franchise owner instead of someone like Sanjiv Goenka who has a serious demeanor to which the southpaw gave a very interesting reply.

“If you think someone would have been there instead of Sanjiv Goenka, you would have hit more centuries?”
— Kapil Sharma to Rishabh Pant

“Look, I can’t speak for anyone else, but everything is fine with me.”
— Rishabh Pant (indicating his cordial feelings for Sanjiv Goenka)

Although Rishabh Pant didn’t explicitly name KL Rahul his indirect response hinted that everything is fine between him and the Lucknow Super Giants owner — subtly implying that the fallout between KL Rahul and Sanjiv Goenka may have been more serious and possibly even ugly.