Rishabh Pant: Decoding his crunch stats in IPL 2024
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant enjoyed an impressive Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign with the bat. Notably, the tournament marked his comeback to professional cricket after 14 months. Pant was solid with the bat for DC and played several quality knocks. However, his side blew hot and cold to finish with seven wins and seven defeats. We decode Pant's IPL 2024 stats.
Pant was DC's highest scorer in IPL 2024
Pant finished as DC's highest scorer in the IPL 2024 campaign. He amassed 446 runs from 13 matches at an average of 40.54. He struck at 155.40. Notably, for the fourth time in his IPL career, Pant scored 400-plus runs in a season. It's his third-best tally after 684 runs in 2018 and 488 runs in 2019. He managed 419 runs in 2021.
Joint-most fours and 3rd-highest sixes for DC
Pant smoked 36 fours in IPL 2024. It was the joint-best tally for DC alongside Abishek Porel. Meanwhile, the southpaw hammered 25 sixes - 3rd best after Jake Fraser-McGurk (28) and Tristan Stubbs (26).
Pant's record-breaking 88* floored the Titans
Pant's 88* versus Gujarat Titans was DC's best individual score of the season. Pant flooored GT with five fours and 8 sixes in a 43-ball affair. He struck at 204.65. Axar Patel and Pant shared a 113-run stand for the fourth wicket. It's the highest fourth-wicket stand against GT in the IPL. In the same match, Pant got to 150 IPL sixes.
How did Pant fare versus pacers and spinners?
As per ESPNcricinfo, Pant managed a total of 293 runs versus pacers in IPL 2024. He smashed 25 fours and 19 sixes from 159 deliveries. The southpaw owned a strike rate of 184.27. He was dismissed six times and averaged 48.83. Pant was dismissed five times by spinners. He scored 153 runs from 128 balls, striking at 119.53 (4s: 11, 6s: 6).
3 fifties in IPL 2024 for Pant
Pant smashed the joint-second-highest fifties for DC alongside Stubbs (3 each). Only, Fraser-McGurk owned more half-centuries for the Capitals (4).
