Twitter Reactions: Rishabh Pant’s hurricane blows away Gujarat Titans in Delhi

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant continued his marvellous form in the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) as he registered his third half-century of the season during Match 40 against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Wednesday, April 24 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. After being put in to bat first, by GT captain Shubman Gill, Delhi were in trouble as they were 44/3 after 5.4 overs when Pant joined Axar Patel at the crease.

The wicketkeeper-batter started his innings cautiously as he scored just seven runs off his first eight balls. He finally got into the groove by pulling a half-tracker from Rashid Khan for a boundary in the 10th over. While Pant was getting settled at one end, Patel took on the bowlers from the other and stitched a crucial 113-run stand off 68 balls for the fourth wicket with his captain to stabilize the innings.

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Their partnership was broken by Noor Ahmad who got Patel holed out to long on for 66 (43). Following his dismissal, Pant took the onus of finishing the innings in his hands and completed his half-century with a colossal six against Mohit Sharma in the 18th over off 34 balls.

Pant becomes fourth highest run scorer of IPL 2024

He further took on the right-arm seamer in the last over of the innings as he smoked him for one four and four sixes to get 31 runs off the last overs. Courtesy of his assault, Pant raced to 88 off 43 balls with the help of five fours and eight sixes. Following his innings, he climbed to the third spot in the list of leading run scorers of the season with 342 runs to his name from nine innings at an average of 48.85 and a strike rate of 161.32.

He was well supported by Tristan Stubbs who played a quick-fire cameo of 26 off seven balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. Courtesy of their unbeaten 67-run stand off 18 balls, DC finished their innings on 224/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Meanwhile, Mohit Sharma registered the most expensive figures in IPL history of 0/73 in four overs.

Meanwhile, X was abuzz with reactions on Rishabh Pant’s breathtaking innings. Here are some of the posts: