Delhi Capitals batting coach Praveen Amre believes that the aggressive Rishabh Pant has shown that he is ready to roar in the upcoming T20 World Cup with his brilliant innings against Gujarat Titans. A month after returning to competitive cricket after recovering from multiple injuries sustained during a horrific car accident in December 2022, Pant made an unbeaten 88 off 43 balls in DC’s four-run win to become India’s first-choice wicketkeeper for the T20 World Cup. Confirmed his place as. Win over GT in IPL match on Wednesday.
Captain Pant and Axar Patel (66 off 43) stitched a quickfire 113-run partnership from 68 balls to take DC to 224/4 after they were reeling at 44/3 in their must-win game.
“He (Pant) started with a two-week camp in Vizag, he came there, he prepared himself very well. I remember when he came for the Vizag camp, he came straight from the airport to the ground. Had come.
“He was hungry and made sure he went in every day. It’s all his hard work that is paying off,” Amre said in the post-match press conference.
“And obviously some good innings gave him confidence and today we saw a special innings. Finishing was important, and we saw how Rishabh scored 31 runs alone against an experienced bowler (Mohit Sharma), and that really says That he is in good form.” Amre also praised Axar, who made the opportunity count after being promoted to the No. 3 spot.
“If you remember, last year it was him (Akshar) who was striking well and this season he batted in the last 4-5 overs, so it was not fair. So the whole idea was to give some chances.
“Akshar played very well, but his partnership with Rishabh was amazing. We were also struggling, despite losing three wickets we got around 46 runs in the powerplay.
“The character has shown and that (partnership) was the reason why we scored 96 runs in the last five overs,” he said.
Talking about the match, Amre said that Pant’s power-hitting in the last five overs made the difference.
“In the first half it never looked like we would be able to score 180, but from there (44/3 in 5.4 overs) we managed to score 20 extra runs. Eventually, they came very close but not even a run in this format Could be done. Victory is victory for us.
“Our target was 180 runs, but Rishabh was confident and batted very well single-handedly in the last 5 overs. Mohit is an experienced bowler and made an impact with 31 runs in the last over,” he said.
GT spinner Sai Kishore also agreed that the partnership between Pant and Axar made the difference in the end.
“Akshar and Pant batted really well. Rishabh hit a lot of fours on good balls, not necessarily sixes, but fours as well.
“That gave them momentum and in the last 2 to 3 overs, we hit more sixes than fours and as a result the game went away,” Kishore said.
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