WATCH: Rishabh Pant Hits Outrageous Reverse Ramp as DC Skipper Breaks Yet Another IPL Record

Rishabh Pant hit an outrageous shot as he reverse-ramped Marcus Stoinis for a boundary as Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by six wickets at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday.

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On the fourth ball of the 12th over, Rishabh Pant played a reverse scoop, which can be described as a ramp too, to lift a fullish ball from Marcus Stoinis to the third man for a boundary.

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Pant was stumped by KL Rahul off Ravi Bishnoi for a well-made 24-ball 41, with the help of four fours and two sixes but not before he became the third-youngest to reach 3000 IPL runs.

Youngest to 3,000 IPL runs

1. 24y, 215d – Shubman Gill
2. 26y, 186d – Virat Kohli
3. 26y, 191d – Rishabh Pant
4. 26y, 320d – Sanju Samson
5. 27y, 161d – Suresh Raina

Of all the players to have scored 3,000 runs in the IPL, Pant’s strike rate of 148.4 is bettered only by AB de Villiers (151.68) and Chris Gayle (148.96).

Jake Fraser-McGurk unleased a flurry of big hits and shared a half-century partnership with skipper Pant as Delhi Capitals won the match rather easily. Fraser-McGurk smashed five maximums in his 35-ball 55 and shared a 77-run stand with Pant (41 off 24 balls) as Delhi Capitals overhauled the hosts’ 167/7 in 18.1 overs.

Earlier, DC spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3/20) and left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed (2/41) tormented the LSG batters before Ayush Badoni hit an unbeaten 55 to take the hosts to a fighting score.

Kuldeep, returning to the side after missing three games due to groin issues, struck in his very first over grabbing the wickets of the dangerous Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran. He then got rid of LSG skipper Rahul for 39.

(With inputs from Agencies)