Recently, the 20-year-old keeper-batsman of Delhi Daredevils (DD), Rishabh Pant played one of the most entertaining and devastating knocks in the ongoing the season of Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing against the best bowling line-up of IPL 2018, Sunirisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium of New Delhi on Thursday night.
Although Pant’s knock wasn’t enough to take his team go over the line that night, but he impressed one and all with his stunning performance. From cricketers around the world to commentators to fans, he received an immense amount of appreciation for his unbelievable performance that night.
In that match, Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten even after scoring the humongous score of 128, he smashed the skilled bowlers of SRH to almost every corner of the ground, by smashing 15 fours and 7 sixes. During his knock on Thursday night, he created many records and broke a few as well. He became the youngest player to go past the tally of 1000 runs in the history of IPL and also, the second youngest player to score a century. He registered the highest score by an Indian batsman in IPL.
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After his destructive knock, he was trending on various social media platforms. Even a Bollywood actress took to Twitter to appreciate the southpaw cricketer. Nushrat Bharucha was in awe after watching his performance, she took to Twitter to praise Rishabh Pant.
Here’s what she tweeted, here tweet read: “128 off 63!! @RishabPant777 what a game!! Absolute delight to watch! Saw the highlights just to see his innings again!”
128 off 63!! @RishabPant777 what a game!! Absolute delight to watch! Saw the highlights just to see his innings again!
— Nushrratt Bharuccha (@Nushrratt) May 10, 2018
To which Rishabh Pant replied: “Thanku 🤗”
Thanku 🤗
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) May 11, 2018
Well, no doubt, Rishabh made the match very interesting that night. He has a long way to go in order to make an impact at the highest level.