Tuesday , December 24 2024

IPL 2024: Pant wins special award after years, bids for T20 World Cup

The match was played between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Delhi Capitals team won this match very easily. Team captain Rishabh Pant had the biggest contribution in Delhi's victory. After winning the match, the Delhi captain looked very happy and made it clear that his team can consider returning from here.

Player of the match award given

In fact, if Delhi team had lost this match, it would have been very difficult for them to return from here. After defeating Gujarat Titans by six wickets in the match on Wednesday, Rishabh Pant said that they can still improve from here in the tournament. Apart from his brilliant captaincy, Pant also showed agility behind the wicket and took two stumpings and two catches. For this he was also chosen Player of the Match.

What did Pant say after the match

Player of the Match Pant said after the match that there are many things to be happy about. We talked about the champion mentality and our team talked about it. Certainly our bowling was the best. He said that it is still the beginning of the tournament and we can still improve from here. Regarding his performance, Pant said that before coming on the field, my only thought was that I want to perform better on the field. I had the same thought when I was doing my rehab.

Pant staked claim for T20 World Cup

Pant said about the target that the only thing we discussed was that this target has to be achieved as soon as possible because in some other matches in which we lost, we lost net run rate points. In such a situation, their aim was to improve their net run rate by winning this match quickly. Let us tell you that Pant won the title of Player of the Match in IPL after five years. Pant has been in great form in this IPL and is making a strong case for the T20 World Cup. It is almost certain that Pant can be the wicketkeeper of Team India in this T20 World Cup. Pant has scored 210 runs in 7 matches so far this season at an average of 35 and a strike rate of 156.72.