Delhi Capitals (DC) played extremely well in the recently concluded edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as they made it to their maiden final, but unfortunately, they suffered a dominating loss against the Mumbai Indians (MI) were just too good for them on Tuesday.
The day started with Trent Boult dismissing last match’s Man of the Match Marcus Stoinis for a golden duck. Soon after DC lost a couple of more wickets of Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan. They were soon reeling at 22/3 in the 4th over when Rishabh Pant along with the skipper Shreyas Iyer made a strong partnership of 96 runs and got the team out of trouble.
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In the process, Pant samshed his first fifty in IPL 2020 and was finally dismissed for 56 runs off 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and a couple of sixes. Despite the crafty innings on Tuesday, one has to admit that it has been a below-par season for the India wicket-keeper. Although he amassed 343 runs in 14 innings at an average of 31 this season, so much is expected of a player of his talent, and he wasn’t quite able to live up to that.
However, on Wednesday, Pant said that he was extremely proud of the DC team despite being upset at not being able to finish the season on a high.
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He had tweeted. “Unfortunate to not finish the season on a high but so proud of the team.We had our ups and downs but always showed fighting spirit. Thank you to all my teammates and coaches for your support.Lots of love to our amazing fans. We will be back stronger @DelhiCapitals fam Red #RoarMacha.”
Unfortunate to not finish the season on a high but so proud of the team.We had our ups and downs but always showed fighting spirit.Thank you to all my teammates and coaches for your support.Lots of love to our amazing fans. We will be back stronger @DelhiCapitals fam ❤️#RoarMacha pic.twitter.com/Ir94ncsm6v
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) November 11, 2020
His DC team-mate Ravichandran Ashwin also took to Twitter congratulated the Mumbai Indians and commended the champions for being clinical throughout IPL 2020. He tweeted: “It wasn’t our night!! @DelhiCapitals Well done @mipaltan, deserved winners and so clinical through the tournament. @ImRo45@ShreyasIyer15 Last but definitely not the least, it was a terrific effort by the @IPL @BCCI to pull off a tournament like this during these tough times,.”
It wasn’t our night!! @DelhiCapitals
Well done @mipaltan , deserved winners and so clinical through the tournament. @ImRo45 @ShreyasIyer15
Last but definitely not the least, it was a terrific effort by the @IPL @BCCI to pull off a tournament like this during these tough times.— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) November 11, 2020
