“Every day is getting tougher”: Rishabh Pant on ‘Impact Player’ rule cricket news

Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant is the latest Indian star to express his apprehensions about the controversial impact player rule, as his team has won consecutive high-scoring IPL matches, with target-chasing teams Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians actually having a tough time. Had come close. Delhi Capitals posted their highest-ever IPL team score of 257 for 4 and then managed to restrict MI to 247 for 9 despite some strong hitting from Tilak Verma, who scored 63 runs in 32 balls. “We were very happy to have 250 runs on the board, but with the impact decreasing, it is becoming more difficult every day,” Pant said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

To prevent MI batsmen from getting out, Pant bravely faced medium pacers Mukesh Kumar and Rasikh Dar.

“Obviously, I can stay up to the stumps but the bowler also needs to be confident… with batsmen like Tim David, and today it worked.” The captain praised Jake Fraser-McGurk, who has taken the IPL universe by storm with another brutal inning of 82 runs in 24 balls with the help of 11 fours and six sixes.

“He’s been amazing from day one and that’s what you want from a young player, he’s getting better with every game. The chances are growing day by day, but we’re taking it one game at a time.” Giving.”

Hardik says, we lack awareness about the game

With chances of play-off qualification all but gone, a disappointed Hardik Pandya talked about his team’s lack of game awareness as left-arm spinners like Nehal Wadhera and Tilak Verma are not attacking Axar Patel much. Are. Akshar hit 2 sixes and a four in 12 balls and restricted him to eight singles.

“We backed ourselves to chase it down. We could have taken a few more chances in the middle overs. The left-handed batsman probably could have gone after Axar (Patel) a bit. That’s something we look at in terms of game awareness. I missed it.”

He was amazed to see Fraser-McGurk’s batting.

“The way Fraser-McGurk batted was amazing, he took calculated risks, he executed really well on the field. It shows the fearlessness of the young man.”