Watch: Rishabh Pant smashes classic one-handed six against Mustafizur Rahman in IPL 2024
Published - 31 Mar 2024, 10:32 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:22 PM
Rishabh Pant, on Sunday (March 31), led Delhi Capitals from the very front by scoring a brilliant half-century against Chennai Super Kings in Vishakhapatnam.
Rishabh Pant missed the entire IPL last year as he was recovering from the injuries he suffered in the horrific car accident. He had to be on the sidelines for more than a year before he returned to competition cricket in IPL 2024. In his comeback game which was against Punjab Kings, he scored 18 runs before scoring 28 against Rajasthan Royals.
In both the games, he got the start but could not convert them. However, he made sure to make the most of his start in his third game against CSK. DC needed their captain to play a good knock after losing a number of wickets and he rose to the occasion.
Rishabh Pant’s one-handed six:
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw gave DC a solid start by adding 93 runs for the first wicket. However, they departed in quick succession. Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Warner for 52 before Ravindra Jadeja sent back Shaw for 43 to reduce DC to 103 for 2.
The likes of Mitchell Marsh (18) and Tristan Stubbs (0) failed to score big as DC found themselves reeling at 134 for 4. At the end of the 17th over, they were on 148 for 4 and were in danger of throwing away the good start to their innings.
However, Rishabh Pant, who was batting on 23 off 23 balls at the end of the 17th over, took charge and shifted gears in the following two overs to propel his team to a good score. In the next two overs, he hit two sixes and three fours to complete a well-deserved fifty. One of those sixes was his trademark one-handed six.
It came in the 18th over against Mustafizur Rahman. It was a fuller delivery and Pant hit it with one hand over deep backward square leg boundary for a big six.
Watch: Rishabh Pant’s one-handed six:
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