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:

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.