Delhi Capitals skipper, Rishabh Pant was the lone warrior for his team during the match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. They kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. However, Pant played a superb knock as he took the RR’s bowling attack to the cleaners. Earlier, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, and Ajinkya Rahane departed for single-digit scores owing to a brilliant spell by Jaydev Unadkat.
Pant smacked 9 boundaries to his name as he went on to score a brilliant half-century off just 30 balls. His innings were cut short when Riyan Parag hit the bull’s eye to affect Pant’srun out in the 13th over. The likes of Lalit Yadav and Tom Curran chipped in with 20 and 21 respectively. Chris Woakes scored 15 off 11 deliveries. These small knocks helped Delhi Capitals get to 147/8 in their quota of 20 overs.
WATCH – Rishabh Pant Goes Back To Pavilion after Riyan Parag’s Direct Hit
Jaydev Unadkat, Chris Morris, and Mustafizur Rahman were the wrecker’s-in-chief for RR. Unadkat conceded only 15 runs in his quota of 4 overs and scalped three wickets. Rishabh Pant has just begun to learn the tricks and trade of wicketkeeping as he has been working hard on his keeping skills. But during the 18th over of RR’s batting, Pant missed an easy run-out chance to get rid of Jaydev Unadkat.
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When Tom Curran bowled to Chris Morris, the South African all-rounder took 1 run. After completing 1 run, Unadkat thought there is a chance of a second run and he ran halfway down the pitch. But he slipped while getting back to the striker’s end. Pant had all the time to dislodge the bails but he fumbled an easy chance as the ball slipped from his hands.
Here is the video of the incident:
— Aditya Das (@lodulalit001) April 15, 2021
Here is how Twitter reacted to the incident:
Would've added more pressure to Morris and RR if Rishabh Pant didn't miss the ball to run out Unadkat.
— No Middle Stump (@nomiddlestump) April 15, 2021
Turning point- Rishabh pant Miss run out of unadkat
— Subodh Kumar (@RajSubodh02) April 15, 2021
Imagine: Lord Unadkat hits a 6 off the last ball to win RR the match & takes out stump to celebrate in front of Rishabh Pant. Iconic. #RRvsDC #DCvsRR
— Hemant Kumar (@SportsCuppa) April 15, 2021
Kind Rishabh Pant giving Unadkat chance to bat ☺️#RRvPBKS
— Ryder 💣 (@TheSwatFlick) April 15, 2021
