Capitals Gain From Pant's Blistering Knock, Top The Table

Dhawan sizzles for the Delhi side yet again; Rahane’s scintillating century goes in vain for Royals

- P.K. Ajith Kumar

It is not every night that a sparkling hundred in a T20 game gets overshadowed and becomes inconsequential. But, then, with Rishabh Pant, anything is possible.

The 21-year-old left-hander played a blistering knock (78 not out, 36b) to lead Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win with four balls to spare. With its fifth away in six games, Delhi also moved to the top of the table.

Royals may have felt their 191 for six — 32 more than the average first-innings score here this year — was good enough. Opener Ajinkya Rahane’s 105 not out off63 balls would have been a matchwinning effort in most games, but not on a night when Pant is in form.