Rishabh Pant is set to achieve a uncommon milestone for Delhi Capitals (DC), one thing that has by no means been attained by any Delhi Capitals participant in the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The southpaw is all set to play his one centesimal IPL recreation for Delhi Capitals on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday (March 28) and no different participant has performed 100 or extra IPL video games for the franchise in the cash-rich league event.
Notably, Pant is collectively tied with veteran leg-spinner Amit Mishra at 99 (matches) with essentially the most caps for DC in the IPL and the match towards Rajasthan Royals, the ninth of the continued season, will see the DC skipper depart Mishra behind.
While it is going to be a momentous event for Rishabh, he would love to assist the staff register its first win of the seventeenth season. Delhi misplaced their season opener towards Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh on March 23 by 4 wickets regardless of scoring 174 on the board.
Capitals can contemplate themselves a tad unfortunate as their veteran pacer Ishant Sharma twisted his ankle in the course of the recreation and will solely bowl two overs in the sport. He was wanting good with the ball in hand and had already dismissed the PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan earlier than the unlucky incident compelled him to depart the sector of play.
Rishabh felt that Ishant’s damage was a significant motive that value DC the sport and he talked about the identical in the course of the post-match presentation.
“I think Ishant’s injury was clearly evident in the field, we were already one bowler short because of our batting, Abishek Porel did well to give us those extra runs, but we were always one bowler short. The boys did well to drag us back into the match at various stages. (On his comeback) Was pretty nervous, there was a bit of tension, but I started to enjoy myself. No excuses, having a bowler short was never good, but credit to PKBS for the way they played. He’s pretty new (on Porel), 3rd the 4th game (for him), the way he batted was very special, looking forward to more from him as the season moves forward,” mentioned Pant.
