Rishabh Pant thrashed the CSK bowlers all around the park for his fifty.© BCCI
Rishabh Pant was on top of his game on Sunday night as he took the Chennai Super Kings bowlers to the cleaners with his sensational strokes. During the Delhi Capitals’ IPL 2024 match vs CSK in Visakhapatnam, Pant scored 51 off only 32 ball with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. That also happened to be Pant’s first fifty in competitive cricket ever since his return from a horrific car crash he met with in December 2022. Pant made his comeback to competitive cricket with IPL 2024 but he failed to spread his magic with the bat in the first two games. However, the third game saw a change in fortunes for Pant.
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Strong fifties by captain Pant and veteran opener David Warner led Delhi Capitals to 191 for five against Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match on Sunday.
Pant and Warner (52, 35 balls) found good support from opener Prithvi Shaw (43, 27 balls) as they piled a competitive total against the title holders.
Pacer Matheesha Pathirana was the most successful bowler for CSK with a haul of three wickets (3/31).
Earlier, DC missed the services of left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who didn’t play this match because of a niggle.
Pant’s much-anticipated return to action 453 days after he suffered grievous injuries in a horrific car accident, lasted just 13 balls (18 runs) with Punjab Kings winning by four wickets at their new home ground in Mullanpur.
Pant, though, displayed his usual lively demeanour behind the stumps and also effected the stumping of Jitesh Sharma.
Having overcome the early jitters and nervousness in his first game, Pant scored 28 runs in his second game that was against Rajasthan Royals.
(With PTI Inputs)
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