Rishabh Pant took a while to seek out his toes once more within the Indian Premier League after getting back from a near-fatal automotive crash however the Delhi Capitals skipper confirmed he is able to take the brakes off by serving to his facet to their first win of the season on Sunday.
Pant scored 51 off 32 balls to assist Delhi safe a 20-run win over reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The 26-year-old returned to motion within the IPL final month after recovering from a automotive accident in December 2022.
Pant had notched scores of 18 and 28 as Delhi misplaced their first two video games of the season however his half-century was key to their win on Sunday.
“Yes, that one-and-a-half years was a wait but at the same time you’ve got to keep doing what you can as a cricketer and keep learning from it,” mentioned Pant, who can also be eyeing a spot within the India squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June.
“I believe I all the time had self-belief that no matter occurs in life, I must be again on the bottom. That was the thought course of and I by no means considered anything.
“I thought I have to give myself enough time (to recover). At the same time I kept believing that I could change the match at the end.”
Delhi, who’re seventh within the 10-team IPL, subsequent play Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.
