Rishabh Pant’s comeback to the crease after greater than a yr on the sidelines led to simply 13 balls after the Delhi Capitals captain perished within the thirteenth over whereas attempting to try a ramp shot in opposition to Harshal Patel. The tempo of the ball from Patel deceived Pant, who ended up providing a straightforward catch at backward level.
The Delhi Capitals went on to lose their IPL 2024 opener by 4 wickets in opposition to the Punjab Kings on the new Mullanpur Stadium.
Pant’s comeback after 454 days
“Personally, I used to be fairly nervous however it’s a must to undergo this if you enter the sphere. This isn’t the primary time being nervous, however blissful about my return total. I feel we had a par rating, however as a result of we had been one bowler quick due to an damage, can’t do a lot about it. The wicket performed as we anticipated to play, can’t make excuses. We’ll study from it however having one bowler quick is rarely good.
However whereas Pant’s batting comeback had ended with him furiously trudging off the bottom after scoring simply 18 runs, he gave a glimpse of his classic self behind the stumps.
Mohali: Delhi Capitals’ captain Rishabh Pant performs a shot throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, in Mohali, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Specific picture by Kamleshwar Singh)
WATCH: Rishabh Pant stumps Jitesh Sharma
Pant was instrumental in sending again Punjab Kings’ Jitesh Sharma for simply 9 runs with an unbelievable stumping.
The incident got here within the twelfth over, being bowled by Kuldeep Yadav, the place the spinner despatched a size ball down legside that Jitesh tried to reverse sweep.
Whereas Jitesh missed the ball, Pant was at hand to capitalise, accumulating the ball low with a stretching squat after which noticing that Jitesh had strayed outdoors the crease, whipping off the bails.
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Earlier, Delhi Capitals had managed to put up simply 174 runs on board (for the lack of 9 wickets).
It was Abhishek Porel, batting at quantity 9, who top-scored for DC with an unbeaten 32 off solely 10 balls. Porel’s knock had lifted Delhi after Pant’s group had struggled firstly.