Rishabh Pant preparing for Australia? Netizens mock Delhi star after another slow knock

Rishabh Pant’s poor run of form continued on Tuesday, a day after Team India selectors igred him from white-ball squs for India tour of Australia. Chasing a mammoth 220 to win against Hyderab, onus was on Delhi star to get some quick runs to get his team closer to required target. However, on a day when fellow competitor Wriddhiman Saha cleared ropes with ease, Pant struggled and toiled before eventually departing in dying sts of game. 

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Rishabh Pant Dream11 IPL stats: Delhi star registers yet ar low score, fans mock him for slow innings 

Rishabh Pant walked into bat with Delhi needing a staggering 166 runs in 14 overs. However, Rashid Khan's spell derailed innings, meaning that Delhi fell way behind required run-rate. While his team edged closer to a humongous defeat, Pant motored along, striking close to a run-a-ball against an inspired Hyderab bowling attack. wicketkeeper's innings baffled netizens, who criticised  23-year-old's lack of intent. Pant's cause was furr bogged down after Saha's brilliance earlier in day, with Hyderab wicketkeeper scoring a blazing 45-ball 87 to help his side to 219. 

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Twitterati trolled Rishabh Pant for his lacklustre innings, with many claiming that Delhi star was preparing for Test tour down under. Netizens claimed that 23-year-old who was only named in Test squ for India's tour of Australia was justifying his selection by playing a slow kck. Pant's strike-rate in Dream11 IPL 2020 has also been a cause of concern, with Delhi star having scored only 253 at a lethargic strike-rate of 115.

To put it into perspective, in his last three seasons, Pant scored more than 350 runs in each of seasons, striking at over 160 in tournament. Delhi wicketkeeper has struggled with injuries during Dream11 IPL 2020 and has considerably fallen down pecking order after his competitors KL Rahul, Sanju Samson all scored heavily for ir franchises. 

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Hyderab vs Delhi result on Tuesday leaves Delhi scrambling for points as y hope to make playoffs. With games against Mumbai and Bangalore left, Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer will hope that Pant can find his mojo and help m arrest ir slide. Delhi have lost ir last three games by 5 wickets, 59 runs and 88 runs respectively, and need wins from both ir remaining fixtures to finish in top two this season. 

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