IPL 2024, RR vs DC: Rishabh Pant receives special kit ahead of 100th Delhi Capitals appearance - WATCH

Delhi Capitals’ skipper Rishabh Pant reached a special club on Thursday (Mar 28) for Delhi Capitals after the veteran star made his 100th appearance against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Pant, who is a one-club man has become just the second player in the history of DC to record the feat and joins Amit Mishra in the elite company. Having made his 98th appearance in the IPL 2022, it took two years for Pant to reach his 100th cap.

Rishabh Path makes 100th DC appearance

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One of the most celebrated players in the history of DC, Pant suffered a near-fatal accident in December 2022 and had to skip IPL 2023 due to injuries. However, he is back now and has become the second player inDC’s history to achieve this feat.

He has been one of the most successful players in the history of the franchise and has scored 2856 runs at an average of 34.41 while scoring a best of 128.

Most Appearances for Delhi Capitals

Amit Mishra – 103 Matches

Rishabh Pant – 100Matches

Shreyas Iyer – 87 Matches

Virender Sehwag – 86 Matches

David Warner – 85Matches

Prithvi Shaw – 71 Matches

Pant’s legacy at DC

Pant joined DC in 2016 and has been a one-club man having played all his IPL cricket with the Delhi-based side. He was part of the DC side that finished runners-up in the IPL 2020 and was handed the captaincy in 2021. However, an unfortunate car accident ruled him out of the IPL 2023 and only returned to competitive cricket on Saturday against Punjab Kings.

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Delhi Capitals will search for the first win of the IPL 2024 season having lost to Punjab Kings in the opening match of the season. They were beaten by four wickets in Mullanpur on Saturday with Delhi failing to capitalise on a bright start.

At the time of writing, RR were 32/2 after the powerplay having lost both Sanju Samson (15) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (5).

Delhi Capitals Playing XI vs Rajasthan Royals

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Ricky Bhui, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar