Pant scored 16 runs and won Man of the Match Award, How?

Pant scored just 16 runs and won Man of the Match Award, How?

PrimeNewsly, April 18 Image Source: IPL

After defeating Lucknow Super Giants at their home, this team captained by Rishabh Pant has now defeated Gujarat Titans at their home by 6 wickets.

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Now, Delhi Capitals will return to the IPL 2024. The team has won 2 matches in a row.

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Delhi bowled out Gujarat for just 89 runs and then won the match by losing 4 wickets in 9 overs.

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For Delhi, Ishant Sharma took 2 wickets for 8 runs, Mukesh Kumar took 3 wickets and Tristan Stubbs took 2 wickets. However, he did not get the Man of the Match award.

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In fact, captain Pant, who was paid Rs 16 crore, got this award, who also scored only 16 runs. Now the question is why did this happen?

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Although Pant scored 16 runs and did not take any wicket, he won this award due to his excellent wicketkeeping, which gave 3 big wickets to Delhi.

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Rishabh takes the first catch of David Miller with a brilliant dive, then stumped Abhinav Manohar and Shah Rukh Khan in the same over, so he got this award.

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Let us tell you that Pant has won the title of Player of the Match in IPL after five years.

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Pant has scored 210 runs in 7 matches so far this season at a strike rate of 156.72 and an average of 35.

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NEXT: Teams that achieved the Biggest Win in IPL in few overs, Delhi also joined

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