Friday turned out to be a memorable day for Delhi Capitals as Rishabh Pant and Co. defeated Lucknow Super Giants and registered their second win of IPL 2024. Opting to bat first, LSG posted 167/7 in 20 overs with Ayush Badoni enjoying an unbeaten knock of 55 runs. Later, DC chased down the goal in 18.1 overs with six wickets in hand. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav was adjudged because the Player of the Match for his figures of three/20 in 4 overs.

Apart from Kuldeep Yadav, the sturdy partnership between skipper Pant (41) and debutant Jake Frazer-McGurk (55) additionally turned out to be actually fruitful for DC. However, the weird dismissal of Pant caught everybody’s consideration.

The incident occurred within the third supply of the sixteenth over, which was bowled by spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Pant tried to play an enormous hit and within the course of, he stepped out of the crease. The ball missed the bat and went straight to wicketkeeper KL Rahul.

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As Pant missed the shot, the bat additionally slipped off his fingers and hit Rahul behind the stumps. However, the LSG skipper didn’t lose his focus and well timed stumped Pant.

Despite the dropping the wicket of Pant, DC comfortably chased down the goal because the duo of Tristan Stubbs (15*) and Shai Hope (11*) took DC throughout the road.

“Little relief, we wanted a win badly. I was talking to the boys saying we need to think like champions, we need to keep fighting hard. (On bowling) We have phases where we are not up to the mark, some individuals have to take responsibility for that. However, we stick together as a group. Some things you can control, some things we can’t,” mentioned Pant after the victory.

“I think we are getting closer to the right XI, but we’ve had so many injuries in this group. However, you can’t keep complaining about that. (On Fraser-McGurk) Hopefully, we’ve found our new number 3, haven’t thought too much about it. Hope he can continue,” he added.

DC will now be squaring off in opposition to Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on April 17. On the opposite hand, LSG can be taking over Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Sunday.