IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant's batting against SRH draws criticism

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:02:41 GMT

In a tough battle against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH), Delhi Capitals (DC) faced difficulties following Jake Fraser-McGurk’s historic performance. Fraser-McGurk set records with his lightning-fast fifty in just 15 balls during DC’s chase of 267 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Despite his remarkable feat, DC found themselves in trouble, with six wickets down against SRH.

SRH starts with an amazing performance and continues

Travis Head led the charge for SRH with a blistering 89 off 32 balls, while Abhishek Sharma added firepower with a quickfire 46 off just 12 balls as SRH posted a daunting total of 266 for 7. Notably, SRH achieved the milestone of being the first team in IPL history to score 250 plus runs on three occasions. They also created history by scoring 125 runs without loss in the first six overs, setting a new T20 powerplay record.

Social media is ablaze as fans express disappointment

Thnkew @RishabhPant17 For This
Inning 🙃.. Sorry I Can’t defend You This Time @DelhiCapitals You Guyz Don’t deserve To Win ..

Stubbs and Rishabh Are Culprit 🙂🤌

JFM And Porel Well Played Guyz 🫶🧿🏅

Well Played SRH✨🔥#RishabhPant #dcfc #DCvsSRH #DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/3pR8FtFL6M
— _Anshuman17 (@Rishabians17) April 20, 2024

Rishabh Pant’s Worst Ever Batting Innings I’ve Ever Seen , He Himself Should Be Blamed For Coming So Late pic.twitter.com/snLVOyKa5f
— Chinmay Shah (@chinmayshah28) April 20, 2024

Rishabh Pant Today pic.twitter.com/G4yjrJSO8g
— Murphy ❁ (@review_retained) April 20, 2024

Abhishek Porel has batted ahead of Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs every time DC has chased 230+ this season (thrice).

Sackable offence, whoever is making this decision! #DCvsSRH #IPL2024
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) April 20, 2024

Rishabh Pant playing a criminal innings on Delhi Highway pic.twitter.com/Mi6gxpRGEo
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 20, 2024

Rishabh Pant the T20 batter is nothing but ugly. Gone are those days when i enjoyed watching him. 2017-19. Absolutely boring and ugly nowadays. Has done absolutely nothing in T20Is as well.
— Kaushik Kashyap (@CricKaushik_) April 20, 2024

Delhi Capital fans watching Jake Frazer-Mcgurk and Abhishek Porel scoring 135 off 8 overs while chasing mammoth Sunrisers Hyderabad total only to get derailed with Rishabh Pant and Stubbs playing a test match innings!#SRHvDC pic.twitter.com/8Zw5po0rmE
— Vishal Verma (@VishalVerma_9) April 20, 2024

Masterful innings being played by Rishabh Pant. 16 of 20 at SR of 80 when RRR is 18. Cant believe people are asking him to be selected in WC squad just because they are getting emotional. Its absurd to even think about including him @poserarcher #DCvsSRH #SRHvDC #Rishabpant pic.twitter.com/CZjmYZTtjE
— Vivek Yadav (@Vivek67320134) April 20, 2024

This very innings from #Rishabh #Pant will go down in history as one of d most ugliest, pathetic & absurd T20 innings while chasing a target of 250+ esp when they were 130+ in 8 overs ! 🤯🤯#DCvsSRH
— dr h s e t i n (@ouchh_potatoee) April 20, 2024

Rishabh brings 44 runs in 35 balls. However, DC’s batting lineup struggled to match SRH’s dominance, ultimately losing the match by a margin of 67 runs. Despite Fraser-McGurk’s heroics, Rishabh Pant and the rest of the DC team couldn’t replicate the same level of performance, leading to their defeat against SRH.