After suffering severe injuries in a vehicle accident in 2022, Rishabh Pant recovered remarkably well enough to play cricket again after a 15-month layoff. Pant has now amassed three half-centuries in the 2024 IPL. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Pant’s bat boomed loudly. He performed a storming innings, raining fours and sixes while taking the Gujarat team’s bowlers to task.
Rishabh Pant, the skipper of the Delhi Capitals, batted effectively on Wednesday against the Gujarat Titans, reaching his fifty off just 34 balls. Pant blasted the Gujarat spinners with a barrage of fours and sixes at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
When Delhi Capitals batted first against Gujarat, they had a bad start. The Delhi squad lost its first two wickets at a cost of 36 runs. Following this, the team’s innings was taken over by Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel, who had a fantastic century partnership. Pant stayed at the crease after Axar was dismissed from the game, and in Mohit Sharma’s final over for the Gujarat Titans, he scored 31 runs.
Rishabh Pant hits his third half-century in IPL 2024
Actually, Delhi Capitals team captain Rishabh Pant Fifty returned to the cricket field after a long time. After a car accident in 2022, Pant has come to play matches in IPL 2024 and this season, he has scored three half-centuries so far, showing his old attitude.
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— Nishi 🌝 (@Nishi_45) April 24, 2024Rishabh Pant smashes 31 runs in Mohit Sharma’s last over
Against Gujarat Titans, Pant scored 31 runs in the first 20 balls and scored 57 runs off the remaining 23 balls. In the beginning, Pant did not hit many big shots to settle on the crease thoughtfully, but as he started to set on the crease, he rained fours and sixes on this ground of Delhi.
Pant smashed Mohit with four sixes and a four in the last over. Pant scored a total of 31 runs in this over. On the basis of Pant’s stormy innings, the Delhi Capitals team could score 224 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs.
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