Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant, who’s taking part in his a hundredth recreation within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, acquired a particular jersey as the whole staff applauded. DC’s conflict in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium marks Pant’s a hundredth recreation within the IPL. IPL took to X and shared a video of the DC camp celebrating Pant’s a hundredth IPL recreation and captioned it, “A round of applause and a special jersey for Captain @RishabhPant17 who is all set to play his 100th IPL match.” Pant, in his a hundredth IPL recreation, gained the toss and put Sanju Samson-led RR to bat of their second recreation of the season.

First to play 100 IPL matches for a staff:

CSK – Suresh Raina

MI – Harbhajan Singh

RCB – Virat Kohli

KKR – Gautam Gambhir

RR – Ajinkya Rahane

SRH – Bhuvneshwar Kumar

DC – Rishabh Pant

The Rajasthan-based franchise might be seeking to trip excessive on their confidence following their 20-run win over the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). RR are second within the IPL standings with two factors in opposition to their identify.

While DC began their IPL 2024 marketing campaign with a loss in opposition to the Punjab Kings. They at the moment sit eighth on the factors desk.

A spherical of applause and a particular jersey for Captain @RishabhPant17 who’s all set to play his a hundredth IPL match

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 28, 2024

After profitable the toss, Pant revealed his choice to bowl, his a hundredth IPL recreation and stated, “We’ll bowl first. The wicket looks fine and we want to use it, there might be some dew in the 2nd innings. Feels good to play 100 matches for the same franchise, but every game is important for me. Most of the concerns are regarding injury, but these are things you can’t control. Two changes for us – Ishant hasn’t recovered, Shai Hope has a back spasm. Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar come in,” Pant stated.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI):David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (Wk/C), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (Wk/C), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan.