NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals captain
Rishabh Pant
secured his place in the franchise's history by becoming the second-highest player with the most 50-plus scores for DC in IPL history.
Maintaining his scorching form, Pant notched up his third half-century of the ongoing season with a six at long-on in just 34 balls against Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
This marked his 19th 50-plus score for DC, with veteran opener David Warner leading the tally with 24 50-plus scores for the franchise.
Following closely,
Shikhar Dhawan
holds the third spot with 18 50-plus scores for DC, while
Shreyas Iyer
and former India opener
Virender Sehwag
share the fourth position with 16 fifty-plus scores each for the franchise.
Coming to the match, after being put to bat, DC started with a new opening batting pair set up for this high-value fixture, with in-form Jake Fraser McGurk joining Prithvi Shaw in the absence of his usual partner Warner.
Axar and Pant with steady and strong at the crease brought up their 50-partnership within just 34 balls. DC's plans to send Axar Patel up the order brought fruit for them as he completed his second IPL half-century within just 37 balls.
Axar's sensational innings of 66 runs came to an end with Noor Ahmed redeeming himself after getting hit for back-to-back sixes. Pant kept his blistering form going and brought up his third half-century of the ongoing season with six at long-on in just 34 balls. Tristan Stubbs then came out to bat.
Captain Gill's plan of bringing Sai Kishore for the 19th over failed significantly as Stubbs single-handedly smoked the spinner for 22 runs with the help of two maximums and 2 boundaries.
In the last over, Pant destroyed experienced bowler Mohit Sharma for 4 sixes and one boundary, taking DC's total to 224/4 in 20 overs.
(With ANI inputs)
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