Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant will play his 100th Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Thursday, Be the first player on your team to take the field. The attacking left-hand batsman has been loyal to the team since his IPL debut in 2016. In 99 games for DC so far, Pant has scored 2,856 runs at an average of 34.40 with a strike rate of 147.90 and 15 centuries. 98 games and 50 games.
His best score is 128*. Pant is Delhi’s highest run-scorer since its inception in 2008, joining David Warner (2,433 runs in 84 games) and Virender Sehwag (2,382 runs in 87 games). Other stars occupy the other two spots in the top three.
Pant showed promise as a young upstart in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, scoring 198 runs in 10 innings and 366 runs in 14 games respectively, and had a breakthrough season in 2018 that took the cricket world by storm. That season, Pant scored 684 runs in 14 games at an average of 52.62 and a strike rate of 173.60. He scored one hundred and five fifties with a best score of 128*.
The left-hander’s career-highlight of 128* with 15 fours and 7 sixes at a strike rate of over 203 off 63 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).The left-hander guided the team to 43/3 and he single-handedly guided the team to 187/5
The shot was filled with bold, never-before-seen sweeps, tackles and one-handed sixes that would become Pant’s signature shots for years to come. In this knock, he significantly outplayed Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, knocking 43 runs in 11 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes . He also did not spare T20 superstar spinner Rashid Khan, who scored 27 runs in 13 balls with a six and four boundaries.
Pant was appointed as the team captain in 2021. As captain, he won 16 games and lost 14, one of which ended in a draw. His winning percentage is 51.61. He was part of the 2020 DC team that reached the final but lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) by 5 wickets.
Rishabh returned to cricket in December 2022 after a life-threatening road accident against Kings XI Punjab (PBKS). In his comeback match, he scored 18 runs off 13 balls, including Two fours. The young wicketkeeper-batsman will be keen to do better this time and entertain the crowd in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals lineup: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (centre), Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv ·Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avish Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Berg, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Prasidh Krishna, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore
Delhi Capitals lineup: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (belt), Ricky Bui, Tristan Stubbs, Ak. Sar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Abhishek Borel, Kuldeep Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukh Shi Kumar, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey, Jhye Richardson, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, Lalit Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Kumar Kushagra, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara.
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