IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant’s Incredible Finish Powers Delhi Capitals Past Gujarat Titans

Rishabh Pant scored 31 in the final over as wicket-keeper-batsman Mohit Sharma hit four sixes and a four to help Delhi Capitals (DC) reach 224/4 against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 2024 Indian Premier League. Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. In fact, DC scored 97 runs in the last 5 overs, thanks to Pant and Tristran Stubbs, who scored 26 runs off seven balls. Delhi opened their innings with a barrage of powerful hits from Jake Fraser-McGurk and Prithvi Shaw but both fell prey in the deep and that too in the same over which put them on the back foot. Shai Hope also fell cheaply.

Akshar Patel came out to bat at number three and put on 113 runs for the fourth wicket with Rishabh Pant. Akshar scored 66 runs off 43 balls. Before slog-sweeping Rashid Khan’s googly for six, Akshar went ahead by crashing a drive from Omarzai. He and Pant each took a pulled four off Rashid’s short ball, followed by a four and a six off Noor Ahmed. Akshar continued to thrive against the spinners – driving and cutting for his boundary with ease, while Pant feasted on Mohit Sharma’s short ball, pulling and slicing to take a boundary for four. Akshar dismissed Shah Rukh Khan for six, hitting a four off Rashid to reach his half-century in 37 balls.

Pant was delightful in the 16th over against Mohit – whipping his pads and hitting a slower ball over long-off for a six, before bringing up a century in a fourth-wicket partnership. Akshar then hit Noor for back-to-back sixes in the 17th over before falling to long-on for 66 off 43 balls. Pant got his fifty off 34 balls by taking a full-toss from Mohit at long-on. for six, and was met with a grand ovation from the crowd. GTA brought in left-arm spinner R Sai Kishor in the 19th over to counter right-armer Tristan Stubbs. But the batsman drove twice in the gap between extra-cover and long-off, then clubbed the spinner for two huge sixes over long-on in the 22-run over.