Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Rishabh Pant for seventh time (IPL): Stats
Mumbai Indians speedster Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Rishabh Pant for the seventh time in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The southpaw's latest dismissal came in Match 43 of the 2024 IPL. The Delhi Capitals captain, who played well for his 29, fell to Bumrah in the penultimate over. Meanwhile, DC finished at 257/4 while batting first at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium. Here are further details.
Seventh dismissal against Pant
It was the first ball of the 19th over as Bumrah went for a slower short delivery. Pant couldn't time the pull shot as Rohit Sharma took a fine catch at deep backward square leg. The DC captain departed for 29 off 19 balls as he smoked two boundaries and as many sixes. Bumrah, meanwhile, finished with 1/35 in four overs.
Bumrah's dominance against Pant
As per ESPNcricinfo, Bumrah has now dismissed the Delhi Capitals star seven times across 14 IPL meetings, conceding just 55 runs off 46 balls in this battle. Pant has four boundaries and three sixes in this battle (SR: 119.56). Notably, Mohammed Siraj (4) is the only other bowler to dismiss the southpaw more than three times in IPL.
Here are their stats
With 14 wickets, Bumrah is now the joint-leading wicket-taker of the season (ER: 6.64). Overall, he has raced to 159 IPL scalps for MI at an economy of 7.34. Meanwhile, Pant is now the second-leading run-getter of the season with 371 runs (SR: 160.60). The southpaw boasts 3,209 IPL runs at a tremendous strike rate of 149.33.
DC post their highest IPL total
Jake Fraser-McGurk destroyed the MI bowling attack with a career-best 27-ball 84 in the powerplay overs. Abishek Porel (36 off 27) and Shai Hope (41 off 17) also batted well as MI bowlers never breathed easy. Besides Pant, Tristan Stubbs (48* off 25) went big in the death overs as DC compiled their highest team total, 257/4.
