Delhi are playing without their regular skipper Rishabh Pant in the ongoing edition of the Indian T20 League 2023. The senior Australian opener David Warner is leading the team in Pant’s absence. They are currently in action against Gujarat in the ongoing seventh match of the tournament. Both teams are playing this match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has attracted the headlines of social media as he visited the Stadium to watch the match between Delhi and Gujarat. He was seen in the stands with the crutches in his hands as a support to his injured knee.
Subsequently, the cricket fans didn’t miss this chance to come up with some interesting reactions and responses. They took to Twitter and reacted with amazing and heart-whelming reactions to the visuals of Rishabh Pant watching the match.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Swag me koi kami nhi...
— Sagar Shiroya (@OfficialSagar21) April 4, 2023
Nice to see Rishabh in the stadium <3
Rishabh pant guddu bhaiya lagg rhe mirzapur 2 wale
— Suresh12raj (@suresh12raj) April 4, 2023
Mat kro Bhai value decrease kr rhe ho fokat me
— Hitesh Rathod (@HiteshR40850533) April 4, 2023
Wish him speedy recovery. Love to see him with his big wicket keeping gloves on the field standing behind the stumps. And also play a lot many Gaba kind of knock from his bat.
— Rajeev Mullick (@rmulko) April 4, 2023
Indian fans seeing Rishab Pant :( pic.twitter.com/D6zWnO4Dex
— Shakti Man 💥 (@IamShaktiMann) April 4, 2023
Dekh ke Tujhko, Dil ko Mere Chain aata hai ❤
— 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐆𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐚 (@harshaaa_18) April 4, 2023
Pura Guddu Bhaiya wala vibe de rha. pic.twitter.com/MxeTSj7MJ8
— Aditya⛩️ (@SangfroidPsyche) April 4, 2023
Itni kya majburi hai stadium mein aane ki ?? DC ko yahi sab Krna cricket se koi lena dena nahi. Ye phela player hai jo ek season nhi khelra ? Bumrah ,Iyer inki teams toh esi harkate nahi kari
— Sonu (@Sonu_jat18) April 4, 2023
To DC management pic.twitter.com/TNdoxd1eE7
— MahiEra (@themahiera) April 4, 2023
Speaking of the current action of the match, Delhi have scored 88 runs for the loss of four wickets in 10.5 overs. At the time of filling this copy, Sarfaraz Khan and Abhishek Porel were there in the middle on the individual scores of 13 and 12 runs respectively. Earlier, skipper and opener, David Warner played an important knock of 37 runs off 32 balls with seven boundaries to his name.
Other than these three, none of the Delhi batters has crossed the individual mark of double-digit in the innings so far. Mohammed Shami and Alzarri Joseph have scalped two wickets each so far in favor of Gujarat.
Here’s a look at Delhi’s playing XI in today’s match against Gujarat:
David Warner (C), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Rilee Rossouw, Abhishek Porel (WK), Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar.