If there was a doubt about Rishabh Pant’s strike rate and his ability to play attacking cricket till the end of the innings, the man threw it out of the stadium. He played a breathtaking knock against Gujarat Titans, scoring 88 off 43 balls. The southpaw hit 8 sixes and five fours and recorded a strike rate above 200.
He has sealed his spot in the Indian team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Pant was named the Player of the Match for his sensational batting as Delhi won the game by 4 runs after scoring 224/4. The young wicket-keeper has already shown his superb work behind the stumps. In the previous match against the same franchise, he won the POTM award for his wicket-keeping, a first-time incident in the tournament’s history.
Aakash Chopra, Simon Doull, and others doubted him, but the player proved everyone wrong.
He has reacted to a viral video where a person hits shots over the keeper’s head with one hand and even with one of the stumps.
“Quite funny 😂😂😂 looks good,” he wrote.
Pant has reached the third spot on the list of top run-getters in the 17th season of the cash-rich league. With the help of three fifties, he has amassed 342 runs in 9 matches so far.
DC head coach Ricky Ponting and the Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly are sure of his selection in the Indian squad for the global tournament.