ImageSource:APRishabhPant
IndianbatsmanRishabhPantonMondaylitupDelhiCapitals’practicesessioninSharjahwithafewsmashingsixes.SharingthevideoofPant’spracticesession,DelhiCapitalspaidasmalltributetoSouravGanguly.
BesidesSachinTendulkar’sDesertStorm,thereisanotherimmemorablemomentinforIndianfansattheSharjah.In1998,duringtheCocaColaCupfinalagainstZimbabwe,GangulysmashedthreeconsecutivesixesagainstGrantFlower.
22yearslater,inapracticesessionatthesamevenue,Pantemulatedthesame,sendingAmitMishra’sdeliveriesovertherope.Hehitthefirstontotheroofnearthelong-onfence.Hethenshuffledleftandswiveledthenextdeliveryoverdeepfinelegboundary.Thefinalonewassentoverthelong-offboundary.
DelhiCapitalssharedthevideowiththecaption,”AnIndiansouthpawsmashingsixesoffspinnersatwillinSharjah.Well,wherehaveweheardthatbefore?”
PantisnowakeymemberoftheDelhiCapitalssquadhavingscored684runsand488runsinhislasttwoseasons.Healsohasbeenthehightes-scoringbatsmanatNo.4inIPLsince2018andtheamongthebestmiddle-orderbatsmenintheleaguehistory.
DelhiCapitals,whohadrecahedtheplayoffslastseason,havebolsteredtheirsidewiththeadditionofAjinkyaRajhane,ShimronHetmyer,MarcusStoinisandAlexCareyinthebattinglineup.
DelhiwillopentheircampaignagainstKingsXIPunjabinDubaionSeptember20,adayaftertheopenerbetweenMumbaiIndiansandChennaiSuperKingsinAbuDhabi.
