8 sixes – 5 fours, Rishabh Pant wreaked havoc on Gujarat bowlers, Delhi crossed 200 while batting brilliantly.

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Tezzbuzz|25-04-2024

Rishabh Pant: Match number 40 of IPL 2024 is being played between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans (DC vs GT) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In this match, Gujarat won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Delhi scored a huge score of 224/4 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Rishabh Pant had a big contribution in taking Delhi Capitals to this point. He hit a flurry of fours and sixes and took the team’s score beyond 200 runs.

Rishabh Pant

Batting first in this match, Delhi Capitals did not have a special start. He got the first blow in the form of Jake Fraser McGurk (23) on the score of 35 runs. In the same over, Prithvi Shaw (11) also returned to the pavilion. After this, Shai Hope (5), who came on the field, also showed disappointing performance.

But after this, captain Rishabh Pant along with Akshar Patel made a brilliant partnership of 113 runs for the fourth wicket. After Axar’s dismissal, Pant got the support of Tristan Stubbs and together they made an unbroken partnership of 67 runs in the last 3 overs of the innings.

 

Rishabh Pant

Amidst the falling wickets, Rishabh Pant maintained one end for Delhi Capitals. He completed his half-century in a lazy manner in 34 balls. But after this he added 38 runs in the next 9 balls. The left-handed batsman played an unbeaten inning of 88* runs with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes in a total of 43 balls.

In the last over of the innings, Rishabh Pant scored 31 runs against Mohit Sharma by hitting 4 sixes and 1 four and took the team’s score beyond 200.

Anrich Nortje
Anrich Nortje

Apart from Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel scored 66 runs for Delhi Capitals with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes in 43 balls, while Tristan Stubbs scored an important score of 26* runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes in only 7 balls. Played an innings. Whereas, Sandeep Warrier took maximum 3 wickets for Gujarat. Apart from this, Noor Ahmed also got a success.

Chasing the target of 225 runs given by Delhi, Gujarat has scored 127/4 after 13 overs. They need 98 runs on 42 balls to win.

 

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