Delhi Daredevils are playing the Sunrisers in a must-win encounter at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat.
Shakib Al Hasan struck twice in his first over to jolt Delhi early. He dismissed Prithvi Shaw and Jason Roy of back to back deliveries to transfer the initiative SRH's way.
Rishabh Pant then was just starting to stitch a partnership with his captain Shreyas Iyer (3). However, a miscommunication accounted for Iyer's wicket first and then Harshal Patel (24) who was sent in as a pinch hitter also was run out through a miscommunication. Those runouts slowed down the scoring rate for Delhi in the middle overs.
Pant who had a play a part in both those run outs then started hitting the ball to all parts of the ground especially to Siddharth Kaul and Rashid Khan. He added a 63 run partnership with Maxwell (9) who took a back seat and thoroughly entertained a superb batting display by the DD left-hander. DD finally finished at 187 for 5 as Pant remained unbeaten on 128*.
SRH bowlers who are not accustomed to such brute hitting from the opposition were surprised by Pant's powerful knock. Here is what Twitter had to say about Pant's fireworks at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Pant has batted beautifully on a sluggish pitch....but his running between the wickets has left a lot to be desired. Can’t throw teammates under the truck. #DDvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 10, 2018
Innings of this year's #IPL. #RishabhPant. #Special.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 10, 2018
Wow! Not just a century, this could be the innings of the IPL so far. #RishabhPant
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 10, 2018
Mr 360’ version 2.0 ...#DDvSRH #IPL2018
— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 10, 2018
Wow, that's how good this kid Rishabh Pant is n what he can do when he gets it right. Phenomenal. Was #IshanKishan yesterday n #RishabhPant Happy days.......
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) May 10, 2018
Rishabh Pant has got to be one of the most fearless and powerful young batsmen I have ever come across. First T20 ????. Congratulations.????????????????
— ian bishop (@irbishi) May 10, 2018
Astounding 100 from @RishabPant777. Taking on the best and still coming on top like a Boss. Fearless Batting ???????? #DDvSRH
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 10, 2018
Incredibly special ???? by Rishabh Pant #IPL2018
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) May 10, 2018
The best bowling attack PANT-Ing for breath. This is a bloody special knock from Rishabh Pant. Been the season of young Indians and this effort is right up there! #VIVOIPL #DDvSRH
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 10, 2018
Well played atom bomb @RishabPant777 ☺️????????
— Ishwwar pandey (@pandey_ishwar) May 10, 2018
What an amazing innings from Rishabh Pant. Incredible talent and skill!
— Aaron Finch (@AaronFinch5) May 10, 2018
