DPL 2024: Rishabh Pant Slammed for His Slow and Sluggish Knock Against South Delhi Superstarz 

Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper for the Indian cricket team, made 35 runs off 32 deliveries for Purani Dilli 6 in their Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2024 match against South Delhi Superstarz on Saturday.

Rishabh Pant, however, seemed uncomfortable facing spin and couldn’t display his natural, boundary-hitting game, which invited a fair amount of criticism for the Purani Dillip keeper batter. 

Pant performed well at the T20 World Cup 2024, but fans were disappointed that he couldn’t deliver big innings, as there were high expectations for him to score heavily at the top of the order. 

Social media was flooded with fans voicing their frustration over Rishabh Pant’s sluggish innings.

Rishabh Pant struggles continue in white ball in the delhi premier league also.

He scored 35 of 32 balls which is below par according to his standards. At least,We expect better show in local tournament.

I Hope soon he finds his feet in white ball also.pic.twitter.com/2nrTYVqufY

— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) August 17, 2024

End of Rishabh Pant's struggling inning.-35(32)

– Kunwar Vidhuri gets his wicket on a short bal

-Pant was batting on 25*(29), then 6,4 and OUT (in next over)

– couple of failed reverse sweep attempt against Digvesh,was close to getting out 2-3 times against Badoni.

— Varun Giri (@Varungiri0) August 17, 2024

Rishabh Pant's white-ball struggles were all on display in the knock tonight. The Duleep Trophy will now be crucial to see where his red-ball batting stands. Hopefully the shot-making troubles are picked up and addressed at the earliest.

— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal) August 17, 2024

Pant needs to do the training Dhruv did. Play 200 odd balls of spin. He has lost his touch. #RishabhPant

— Abhinandan Nahata (@khelgyani_abhi) August 18, 2024

Criminal knock by Rishabh Pant in DPL 😭 pic.twitter.com/jNMxbMHyM9

— Sukham 𝕏 (@ThatsA_BigW_Bro) August 17, 2024

Who won the match? 

Purani Dilli, however, managed to put up 197 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets, largely due to the outstanding knocks by Arpit Rana (59 off 41) and Vansh Bedi (47 off 19).

However, it wasn’t enough, as South Delhi Superstarz chased down the target in 19.1 overs. Despite a mid-innings collapse, their captain Aayush Badoni’s brilliant 57 off 29 balls, along with Priyansh Arya’s 57 off 30 and Sarthak Ray’s 41 off 26, ensured  a three-wicket victory.