Rishabh Pant's game was seen in the very first match of Delhi Premier League. However, the style was not what Pant is known for. In DPL, Rishabh Pant was not only a part of Old Delhi but was also the captain. This team was competing against South Delhi Superstars, which was led by Ayush Badoni, who played a tremendous captaincy innings for his team. His game was much more stormy than all the batsmen of Old Delhi. If 10 sixes were hit by Old Delhi, then South Delhi Superstars responded by hitting 15 sixes, in which 6 sixes came from the bat of Ayush Badoni alone.

Rishabh Pant's slow innings ruined the team!

In the match, Old Delhi, i.e.

Rishabh Pant's team batted first and scored 197 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Rishabh Pant's contribution in this was 35 runs in 32 balls, which included 4 fours and 1 six. During this, Pant's strike rate was 109.37, which was much lower than his other team mates. Because, the strike rate of any other batsman of Old Delhi was not less than 140.

Rishabh Pant's team hit 10 sixes

From Purani Delhi, Arpit Rana scored the most runs with 59 runs in 41 balls with 2 sixes, 8 fours and a strike rate of 141.90. Wicketkeeper Vansh Bedi scored 47 runs in just 19 balls with a strike rate of 247.36.

He hit 4 sixes in his unbeaten innings. Lalit Yadav also remained unbeaten till the end and scored 34 runs in 21 balls with 2 sixes at a strike rate of 161.90. Manjeet did not score many runs but his strike rate in the short innings was also above 162 and he also hit 1 six. In this way, a total of 10 sixes were hit by all the batsmen from Purani Delhi.

Ayush Badoni's blast, hit the ball out 4 times in a row

Now South Delhi Superstars replied to these 10 sixes of Old Delhi by hitting 15 sixes, out of which 6 sixes were hit by their captain Ayush Badoni.

Out of these 6 sixes, Ayush Badoni hit the ball 4 times consecutively. Ayush Badoni scored 57 runs in 29 balls at a strike rate of 196.55.

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Ayush Badoni has stolen praise from Gambhir

Ayush Badoni is a part of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. Gautam Gambhir is a big fan of Badoni's game.

When Gambhir was the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants, he openly praised Badoni's game. The same Badoni who stole praise from Gambhir has now become a big reason for the defeat of Rishabh Pant and his team.

Answer to 10 sixes with 15 sixes…

Like captain Ayush Badoni, opener Priyansh Arya also played an innings of 57 runs in 30 balls. His strike rate in the innings with 4 sixes was 190. The team's second opener Sarthak Ray also scored 41 runs in 26 balls with a strike rate of 157.69 and 3 sixes. From South Delhi Superstars, Samit Mathur and Vision Panchal also hit 1 six each. In this way, a total of 15 sixes were hit by South Delhi Superstars, on the basis of which it achieved the target of 198 runs given by Old Delhi in 19.1 overs.