The comeback hero Rishabh Pant put an finish to a 4-yr-lengthy undesirable streak on Wednesday (April 17) as Delhi Capitals humbles Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad within the thirty second sport of the Indian Premier League season 17.
The Delhi captain claimed his first Player of the Match (POTM) award for the first time within the money-wealthy league since the 2019 version. The southpaw’s earlier Player of the Match efficiency had come within the Eliminator of IPL 2019 in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The sport began with the fortune on his facet as Rishabh received the toss and requested Gujarat Titans to set a rating on the board. The resolution bore fruit as the hosts received bundled out for simply 89 in 17.3 overs.
While the credit score largely goes to the Delhi bowlers who caught to their duties and utilized relentless strain on the Titans batters proper from the outset, Pant’s management was immensely spectacular as the 26-yr-outdated rotated his bowlers nicely and did not give any reprieve to the hosts.
Pant was good behind the stumps as he took two catches and enforced two stumpings to help his bowlers and restricted Titans to a beneath-par whole.
Chasing 90 to win, Delhi have been anticipated to cruise to the goal with out a lot fuss however their batters received out after getting their eyes in and it required their captain to get the job completed with the willow in hand.
Pant scored an unbeaten 16 off 11 balls at a strike fee of 145.45 with the assistance of a 4 and a six and helped Delhi recover from the road.
“Lots of things to be pleased about. We spoke about the champion mindset and our team spoke about it. (Best bowling effort of IPL 2024?) Definitely one of the best. Still early in the tournament and we can still improve from here,” mentioned Pant after the win.
The win has helped Delhi surpass Gujarat on the factors desk. Delhi are sixth with a complete of six factors in seven video games and are nonetheless in rivalry for a spot within the playoffs.
