Rishabh Pant: The 32nd match of IPL 2024 was played between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals (GT vs DC) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, which Delhi won in a one-sided manner by 6 wickets. This is Delhi's third win in 7 matches played this season and there has been a big improvement in their run rate, due to which they have jumped 3 places from 9th to 6th in the points table. Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant looked very happy after the victory. Let us tell you what he said after the match?

What did Rishabh Pant say after winning the match?

After the spectacular win against Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant said during the post match presentation that he is now thinking like a champion and the team is also playing the same way. Rishabh said,

“We have a lot to be happy about today. “We have started to think like champions and our team showed today that we can play like that and it was really nice to see.”

Regarding the performance of the bowlers, he said, “Definitely one of the best performances, this is the beginning of the tournament. Can't say much, because we can improve individually. The only thought in my mind before coming on the field was how to do better, even when I was going through my rehab, this was the only thought in my mind.”

Rishabh Pant told his strategy

Rishabh Pant told that he wanted to chase the small target given by Gujarat as soon as possible. They said,

“Our only conversation before chasing the target was that let's achieve this target as quickly as possible, we had lost a few run-rate points earlier and today we covered that.”

Rishabh further said, “We love living in Ahmedabad, we love the stadium, the atmosphere here and we are looking forward to playing more matches here. For now, we should just enjoy our wins one by one and learn from them and move forward.”

This was the condition of the competition

Delhi Capitals won the toss and bowled out hosts Gujarat Titans for just 89 runs in 17.3 overs. For Gujarat, Rashid Khan played the biggest innings of 31 runs in 24 balls. Apart from him, no other batsman could even cross the 15-run mark.

Delhi achieved this small target as per plan in just 8.5 overs. For the team, Jake Fraser-McGurk played an explosive inning of 20 runs in 10 balls. Apart from this, Abhishek Porel contributed 15 runs and Shai Hope contributed 19 runs. At the same time, in the end, Rishabh Pant scored 16* and Sumit Kumar scored 9* unbeaten runs to ensure the victory of his team.