Rishabh Pant‘s return to the cricket area ended on a shedding observe as Delhi Capitals slumped to a 4 wicket loss to Punjab Kings. After DC scored 174/9 in 20 overs, their bowling unit dented PBKS as Ishant Sharma scalped Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh within the fourth over. But in the course of the sixth over, Ishant Sharma twisted his ankle whereas fielding. That incident broke DC’s rhythm. DC captain Pant later termed it as a motive for his or her loss.

Ishant was taken off the sector after the incident.

“I think Ishant’s injury was clearly evident in the field, we were already one bowler short because of our batting, Abishek Porel did well to give us those extra runs, but we were always one bowler short. The boys did well to drag us back into the match at various stages,” Pant mentioned after the loss.

With Ishant’s two overs at his disposal, Pant had to make use of Mitchell Marsh, who is not as sharp a bowler he was and Sumit Kumar, making his IPL debut was overawed by the event.

“Wicket played as we expected to play, can’t make excuses. We will learn from it but having one bowler short is never good. We were short in terms of extra bowler. We actually pulled it back in the end (but couldn’t complete the job). It is part and parcel of the game,” the skipper mentioned.

He might need didn’t set the stage on fireplace on his comeback match, scoring 18 runs off 13 balls with the assistance of two boundaries however he gave sufficient hints along with his efficiency that he’s again, inflicting a stumping and taking a catch.

“Personally I was pretty nervous (while batting) but you have to go through this when you enter the field. This isn’t the first time being nervous, but happy about that (return overall),” Pant mentioned on the post-match press convention about his return.

He was all reward for younger Abhishek Porel, whose unbeaten 32 off 10 balls gave his workforce one thing to battle for.

“Abhishek came in and chipped in with a few runs which were crucial. It was an amazing innings, congrats to him. I think it’s just his third or fourth game but the kind of impact he made was huge. Really looking forward to seeing him this season,” Pant mentioned.

PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan was glad with the efficiency of his facet, and notably praised Sam Curran (63 off 47) and Liam Livingstone (38 not out off 21) for his or her efforts.

“This is the first time I’m playing at this level since the last IPL. I felt we leaked a few extra runs, of course extra nerves are there in the first match. It’s normal. Felt the wicket got better during the chase. Sam played well and Livingstone finished it beautifully,” he mentioned.

With PTI inputs