Delhi Capitals (DC) captain and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant showed his agility behind the wicket in IPL 2024 on Wednesday. He took four wickets against Gujarat Titans (GT). He took two catches and stumped two players at Narendra Stadium in Ahmedabad. He attacked with the hawk's eye, leaving everyone stunned. The interesting thing is that Pant did the stumping on both the balls.
Pant first surprised everyone when he gave the ball to Tristan Stubbs in the ninth over. Stubbs, who was bowling for the first time in the current season, dismissed Abhinav Manohar (8) on the third ball. Manhour made a mistake on the ball spinning outside the off stump. In such a situation, Pant showed agility like a leopard and scattered wickets. After this, Pant, famous for his explosive batting, trapped Shahrukh (0) LBW.
Stubbs hit the fourth ball outside the leg stump. Shahrukh tried to flick the length ball but lost his balance. During this, Pant also staggered a little, due to which the ball slipped from his hand. However, by then the operation had already taken place. After hitting the gloves, the ball hit the stumps and Shahrukh had to return to the pavilion. Pant's name is included in the Dhaakad club. He is fifth in the list of wicketkeepers with most stumpings in IPL.
Most stumpings in IPL
42 – MS Dhoni
36 – Dinesh Karthik
32- Robin Uthappa
26- Wriddhiman Saha
21-Rishabh Pant
Let us tell you that after losing the toss and batting first, GT was all out for 89 runs in 17.3 overs. Gujarat had a bad start. Captain Shubman Gill (8) was out in the second over. Players like Wriddhiman Saha (2), David Miller (2), Sai Sudarshan (12) and Rahul Tewatia (10) could not show any magic. Rashid Khan was the top scorer with 31 runs. He hit two fours and one six in 24 balls. Rishabh Pant took a shocking catch, even the umpire did not believe, the decision had to be changed. In the match against Gujarat Titans, Rishabh Pant took a brilliant catch of David Miller, although the field umpire declared Miller not out but after review gave him the catch. given.
the decision had to be changed
Delhi Capitals have won the toss and decided to bowl first against Gujarat Titans. Batting first, Gujarat Titans lost wickets at regular intervals and were out for 89 runs. The team lost four wickets in the powerplay. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant took a brilliant catch of David Miller while flying in the air, the video of which is going viral on social media. Gujarat Titans lost their first wicket in the second over. Captain Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring eight runs in 6 balls. After this, wicketkeeper batsman Saha could score only two runs in 10 balls. Sai Sudarshan played an inning of 12 runs in 9 balls. David Miller, who returned from injury, could score only two runs in 6 balls. Miller was trying to play the last ball of Ishant Sharma's over on the on side but the ball took the edge of the bat and went behind the wicket, where Rishabh Pant caught the ball by diving to his left.
The field umpire gave him not out. But Delhi Capitals decided to review. And he was proved right. Tristan Stubbs gave a big blow to Gujarat by dismissing Abhinav Manohar and Shahrukh Khan in the ninth over. Rahul Tewatia (10) was dismissed by Akshar Patel. Khalil Ahmed showed Mohit Sharma the way to the pavilion. Mukesh Kumar ended Gujarat's innings by dismissing Rashid Khan (31) and Noor.