Rishabh Pant Eyes IPL Triumph With Delhi Capitals

Rishabh Pant, the local boy, has turned out to be a marquee player for Delhi Capitals. Pant along with captain Shreyas Iyer, prodigy Prithvi Shaw and senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan form the core of the group and are contented to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) title with Delhi Capitals.

In IPL 2019, Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. It was due some fine all-round performances by the youngsters. However, in the playoffs they won their first match against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) but lost the second match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to finish as the second runners-up in the playoffs.

Rishabh Pant Has Set His Sights On IPL Title With Delhi Capitals

Rishabh Pant has asserted that the core group wants to win the IPL title with Delhi Capitals. It was personally a good year for Pant last season as he notched up 488 runs at an average of 37.53. Pant, stepping in to bat in the No.4 or fifth slot, scored at an impeccable strike rate of 162.66 which was fruitful for the side.

“Last year was better, because it was individually a very good season for me. But last year, we qualified after six years in the knock-out that was some feeling, because I’m playing IPL since beginning and we used to talk in the dressing room that we want to win the IPL. The players I’ve been playing with keep changing, but the core group thinks we want to win the IPL for Delhi,” Rishabh Pant said in a video message tweeted by Delhi Capitals.

Reflecting on the impressive #IPL2019 season, @RishabhPant17 says that he misses playing cricket in the @IPL ?

We hope to see you hitting sixes in the DC blue again very soon ?#YehHaiNayiDilli pic.twitter.com/yk7TqGcWd3

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) May 17, 2020

“We think of different ways, at least we qualified for the knock-outs, came third. We lost to CSK otherwise could have been first. But there is no IPL due to coronavirus, there is much difference in life. We were supposed to play IPL now, we always think about cricket, and we miss it now,” Pant added.

Pant has an experience of playing 54 IPL matches. He has scored 1736 runs at an average of 36.16. He has 11 half-centuries and one century under his belt.