New Delhi. The wait for the Indian Premier League 2024 defeats every fan, but this time it was considered very important for Rishabh Pant. Everyone was eyeing the comeback of this player after being seriously injured in a horrific car accident in 2022. Pant has made a comeback in his old style. On Wednesday, April 24, against Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals scored 224 runs thanks to the captain’s unbeaten 88 runs. The amazing thing is that the team scored more than 100 runs in the last 8 overs.
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bowl first against Delhi Capitals. The team kept the Delhi team on the backfoot by bowling tightly in the beginning. The team had lost four wickets for just 44 runs. After this, captain Rishabh Pant played such an inning which changed the entire course of the match. The team which had scored only 105 runs by the end of 12 overs and it was looking difficult to reach 160 runs. Pant’s stormy innings took the score beyond 200 runs.
119 runs scored on 48 balls
Delhi Capitals did not have a good start but ended brilliantly. Till 12 overs the team’s score was 105 runs for 3 wickets. Akshar Patel and Rishabh Pant did not even score 40 runs. From here Akshar first started taking on the bowlers. He was out after scoring 66 runs but Pant continued his attack. In the last over of Mohit Sharma, the captain scored a total of 31 runs by hitting 4 sixes and 4 fours. He scored unbeaten 88 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 5 fours on 43 balls.
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Tags: Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, IPL 2024, Rishabh Pant
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 24, 2024, 22:45 IST