Friday was a memorable day for Delhi Capitals as Rishabh Pant and Co. defeated Lucknow Supergiants to register their second win of IPL 2024. LSG opted to bat first and posted 167/7 in 20 overs with Ayush Badoni remaining unbeaten. 55 runs in total. DC then chased the target in 18.1 overs with 6 wickets in hand. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav was named Man of the Match for his figures of 3/20 in four overs.

Apart from Kuldeep Yadav, a solid partnership between skipper Pant (41) and debutant Jake Frazer-McGurk (55) It also brought fruitful results to DC. However, Pant’s bizarre dismissal caught everyone’s attention.

The incident occurred in the third delivery of the 16th over, bowled by spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Pant tried to play a big hit and in the process, he walked out of the crease. The ball missed the bat and went straight to wicketkeeper KL Rahul.

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When Pant missed the ball, the bat also slipped from his hands and hit Rahul behind the stumps. However, the LSG captain did not lose his focus and stumped Pant in time.

Despite losing the wicket of Pant, DC surged through as the duo of Tristan Stubbs (15*) and Shai Hope (11*) At the finish line, DC was still chasing the target with ease.

“It’s a bit of a relief, we wanted a win so badly. I said to the lads we need to think like champions and we need to keep fighting hard. There were some stages (bowling-wise) where we weren’t up to par and some people have been concerned about that Take responsibility. However, we are united as a team and there are things you can control and there are things we cannot,” Pant said after the win.

“I think we’re getting closer to the right XI but we’ve had a lot of injuries in this group. But, you can’t keep complaining about that. (On Fraser McGurk) Hopefully we’ve found our new numbers 3. Not thinking too much, hope he can continue,” he added.

DC will take on Gujarat Titans on April 17 in Ahmedabad. LSG, on the other hand, will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Sunday.