Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan has taken a dig at Rishabh Pant after Delhi Capitals’ loss towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens on Monday (April 29).
KKR thrashed DC by seven wickets to get again to profitable methods and bolster their playoffs possibilities. DC captain Rishabh Pant raised various eyebrows together with his resolution to bat first at a venue the place groups had chased down enormous totals reminiscent of 224 and 262 in current video games.
Earlier than coming to Kolkata, DC had gained their final two video games whereas batting first and determined to bat first towards KKR as properly. Nevertheless, the choice backfired spectacularly because the Delhi-based outfit was totally outplayed by the house aspect.
Match assessment briefly:
Batting first, the Rishabh Pant-led aspect may solely handle 153/9 within the allotted 20 overs. DC misplaced the wickets of Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Shai Hope contained in the powerplay and simply couldn’t get better. At one stage, they had been reeling at 111 for 8 earlier than an unbeaten 35-run knock from Kuldeep Yadav guided them to a decent 153.
In reply, KKR chased down the entire with utmost ease. In-form opener Phil Salt put them sport to mattress by smashing a 26-ball fifty and sharing a 79-run stand in simply 37 balls with Sunil Narine for the primary wicket. KKR finally crossed the ending line within the seventeenth over to get again to register their sixth win in 9 video games this season.
Irfan Pathan unimpressed with DC:
As Rishabh Pant and his DC teammates didn’t justify the choice to bat first, Irfan Pathan made it clear that he was unimpressed with the ball. The previous cricketer took to X (previously Twitter) to take a dig at Rishabh Pant’ resolution to bat first as he wrote:
“Nonetheless making an attempt to know the explanation for Delhi to bat first.”
Nonetheless making an attempt to know the explanation for Delhi to bat first.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 29, 2024
Rishabh Pant on batting first:
Talking on the finish of the sport, Rishabh Pant opened up on his resolution to bat first after profitable the toss. He known as it a very good possibility earlier than ruing his batters’ failure to ship with the bat.
“It was a very good choice to bat first. As a batting unit we did not bat properly, 150 was beneath par with how issues had been going. However we be taught from our errors, on daily basis is just not your day,” mentioned Rishabh Pant.
“The way in which we had been going as a staff was good (profitable 4 out of their final 5 video games), however these video games come alongside in T20s. I believe something round 180-210 would have been a very good rating, we did not give our bowlers sufficient runs to defend,” he added.
