One more injury scare in Indian Premier League 2026 as Rishabh Pant walked off retired hurt playing for Lucknow Super Giants against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Pant left the field early in the innings when he was struck on the left elbow by a Josh Hazlewood delivery during the 5th over of the match. The stroke maker played an attempted pull shot but was hit on his bare elbow and had to retire hurt without scoring a single run after treatment from the medical staff. Though he came back after LSG lost successive wickets, but his innings could not last longer as the skipper had to walk back with just one run ahead of his name. Previously, Rohit Sharma retired hurt while playing for the Mumbai Indians against the RCB in the Wankhede Stadium. Rohit retired from an injury he suffered while running for a single. He left the ground with a hamstring injury after scoring 19. List of Players Retired Hurt in IPL In the past years of IPL history various players had to leave the field due to their injury: Year Player Team Retired Hurt at 2008 Dominic Thornely Mumbai Indians 0 2010 VVS Laxman Deccan Chargers 10 2010 Harbhajan Singh Mumbai Indians 8 2012 Sachin Tendulkar Mumbai Indians 16 2013 Sachin Tendulkar Mumbai Indians 38 2014 Harbhajan Singh Mumbai Indians 10 2015 Aaron Finch Mumbai Indians 10 2016 Kevin Pietersen Rising Pune Supergiant 0 2017 Krunal Pandya Mumbai Indians 2 2018 Shikhar Dhawan Sunrisers Hyderabad 0 2018 Nitish Rana Kolkata Knight Riders 15 2021 Ambathi Rayudu Chennai Super Kings 0 2022 Rahul Tripathi Sunrisers Hyderabad 17 2023 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Punjab Kings 1 2025 Sanju Samson Rajasthan Royals 31 2026 Rohit Sharma Mumbai Indians 19 2026 Rishabh Pant Lucknow Super Giants 0 Also Read | Top 5 Fastest Fifties for RCB in IPL History Retired Hurt vs Retired Out A batter retired hurt would be allowed back onto the pitch to continue batting should he feel he has recovered, and his status would be indicated as 'Retired Not Out' and, as described in Marylebone Cricket Club Law 25.4, may take his place to bat again following the fall of a wicket. A batter Retired Out would be indicating that he has chosen to come off the pitch and not to return to bat as another may take his place. A batter Retired Out cannot continue to bat at any point. Pant's situation is one where injuries affect the games to teams when they need them most and such occurrences happen all too frequently due to the high-octane nature of IPL cricket.