Kuldeep Yadav Loses Cool, But Pant Saves The Day For The Delhi Capitals

When Mukesh Kumar lost his cool after a misplaced throw, Kuldeep Yadav got agitated. He said to Mukesh, "Are you out of your mind?" However, Rishabh Pant, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, calmed the situation down. The mic picked up everything they said, becoming memorable moments of the match.

Meanwhile, in the match against the Gujarat Titans, the Delhi Capitals won by six wickets in the Indian Premier League 2024. Playing in Ahmedabad, Delhi won the toss and chose to bowl. The Gujarat Titans were all out for 89 runs in 17.3 overs, marking their lowest score in the league. Previously, they had scored 125 runs against Delhi last year.

During the game, Kuldeep Yadav got frustrated with fielder Mukesh Kumar, but Rishabh Pant intervened and pacified the situation. Kuldeep called Mukesh "crazy," Pant responded, "No anger, no anger." Their exchange was recorded by the stump mic.

On the other hand, Sumit Kumar, replacing David Warner, made a spectacular runout. Rishabh Pant stumped four times from behind the wicket, including two brilliant stumpings.

Match Moments:

1. Mukesh Kumar bowled Sahha out. Mukesh Kumar, the pacer for the Delhi Capitals, bowled out Gujarat Titans opener Riddhiman Sahha. In the fourth over, on the fifth ball, Mukesh Kumar threw a swinging delivery at a short length. Sahha didn't expect the swing and tried to play a shot towards mid-wicket, but the ball went straight to the stumps. Sahha could only score 2 runs off 10 balls.

Riddhiman Sahha scored 78 runs in five matches in the tournament.

2. Sumit Kumar's brilliant runout: Sumit Kumar, playing for the Delhi Capitals, replaced the injured David Warner and made a significant impact by running out Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan's runout happened on the first ball of the fifth over when Ishant Sharma delivered a length ball on the middle stump line, which Sai played towards mid-wicket. He ran for a single, but Sumit Kumar, fielding swiftly, caught the ball and dove towards the stumps. The ball hit the wicket, and Sudarshan was run out.

Sumit Kumar played his first match of the season.

3. Umpire confusion in Shahrukh's stumping: Gujarat's Shahrukh Khan's wicket fell to Rishabh Pant's stumping. In the ninth over, Triston Stubs bowled a short ball outside off stump. Shahrukh tried to make a shot but missed. During this, the ball spun towards the leg side, and Shahrukh missed his shot. Pant tried to grab the ball to stump him, but he failed to cleanly collect it. Eventually, the third umpire ruled Shahrukh

Shahrukh Khan was expected to be an impact player but got out on the first ball.

4. Rishabh Pant's quick stumping of Abhinav: Pant showed alertness during GT's innings in the ninth over. While Abhinav Manohar was batting and trying to push a long ball, Pant quickly stumped him. Pant was confident, but before making the decision, the field umpire consulted the third umpire. It was shown on the big screen that Pant was right, as Manohar's foot was outside the crease.

Rishabh Pant achieved two stumpings and two catches.

Kuldeep Yadav got angry, but Pant calmed him down. During the match against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, there was an incident in the eighth over. Rahul Tewatia played the fifth ball towards point, and non-striker Abhinav Manohar stepped out of the crease to take a single. Kuldeep Yadav asked Mukesh to throw towards the non-striker end. However, Mukesh lost his balance while trying to catch the ball and failed to throw accurately. Kuldeep got angry and shouted at Mukesh Kumar, saying, "Are you crazy? After that, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant immediately intervened and calmed Kuldeep down, saying, No anger, no anger. This conversation was captured by the stump mic.

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