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    IPL: Pant heroics in free-scoring clash as Capitals sneak past Titans
IPL: Pant heroics in free-scoring clash as Capitals sneak past Titans
Rishabh Pant. Source: sportsmax.tv

IPL: Pant heroics in free-scoring clash as Capitals sneak past Titans

Rishabh Pant stole the show with an unbeaten 88 as Delhi Capitals leapfrogged Gujarat Titans at the top of the Indian Premier League table with a nervy four-run win on Wednesday.

Delhi looked in trouble after Sandeep Warrier dismissed openers Prithvi Shaw for 11 and Jake Fraser-McGurk for 23, but Pant struck a remarkable 43-ball knock that included eight maximums to help Capitals reach 224-4.

The Indian wicketkeeper's onslaught came after Axar Patel - promoted to number three - smashed a 43-ball 66, although Wriddhiman Saha (39) and Sai Sudharsan (69) led Gujarat's fightback.

David Miller's quickfire 55 offered further hope, but pace spearhead Rasikh Salam's 3-44 stunted the response.

With the Titans needing 19 from the final over, Mukesh Kumar (1-41) held out in a showdown with Rashid Khan (21 not out) to see the Capitals over the line.

Although much of the credit went to Pant for his late-innings destruction, questions must be asked of Mohit Sharma, whose 0-73 from four overs was the most expensive figures for a bowler in IPL history.

Mohit can't take too much of the blame though, as only two bowlers in this entertaining IPL clash conceded less than eight runs an over - Warrier's 3-15 in the first innings before Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Saha and Rahul Tewatia (4) in his 2-29 Delhi spell.

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