Pant's comeback after 449 days: Livingston won the match by hitting a six, Akshar was run out on his own call; top moments

The second match of the Indian Premier League-2024 was in the name of Punjab Kings. The team defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets. During this match on Saturday at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Stadium in Mohali, the comeback of wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant and explosive innings of young Abhishek Porel were seen. Pant returned to competitive cricket 449 days after the car accident.

Abhishek Porel's explosive inning of 32 runs on 10 balls was also seen. He took 25 runs in one over from Harshal Patel who was bowling the last over. Ishant Sharma clean bowled Shikhar Dhawan.

Punjab's Liam Livingston won the match by hitting a six in the last over of the match. Top moments of the match…

1. Two fours in Sam Curran's first over.
Delhi opener Mitchell March hit two consecutive fours off the ball of Sam Curran, who was bowling the first over of the match. He also opened his account with Chauke. Karan scored 10 runs in this over. Sam bowled only one over in this entire match.

Sam Curran bowled only one over for Punjab.

2. Warner trapped in Harshal's slower bouncer.
Harshal Patel, who was bowling his first over from Punjab, trapped Delhi opener David Warner on a slower bouncer. Warner wanted to pull the last ball of the 8th over. But the ball touched the gloves and went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Warner was out after scoring 29 runs on 21 balls.

Warner was out after scoring 29 runs on 21 balls.

3. Harshal dropped Pant's catch, on return Rishabh scored 18 runs
Harshal Patel dropped the catch of captain Rishabh Pant on the second ball of the 12th over. Pant played the second ball of Rahul Chahar's over towards extra cover, but Harshal Patel could not judge the catch due to sunglasses.

Rishabh Pant, who was seriously injured in a car accident, made a comeback. He came out to play at number-4 449 days after the accident and was out after scoring 18 runs with the help of two fours in 13 balls. He was dismissed by Harshal Patel on a slower bouncer.

The returning Pant scored 18 runs including two fours.

4. After hitting six, Rabada took the wicket of Hope.
Shai Hope hit a six on the third ball of Kagiso Rabada, who was bowling the 11th over. Then Rabada showed the way to the pavilion by getting Hope caught by Harpreet Brar on the very next ball. Hope was out after scoring 33 runs.

Rabada got Shai Hope caught by Harpreet Brar.

5. Akshar Patel run out on his own call
Axar Patel was run out due to his own wrong call. He played a shot on the leg side on the first ball of the 18th over. After completing one run, he called Sumit Kumar for the second run and was run out himself as the ball was in the hands of Tanay Thiagarajan and he did not make a mistake in throwing towards Jitesh Sharma.

Akshar Patel played an innings of 21 runs on 13 balls. He hit two fours and a six.

Akshar Patel had to bear the brunt of the wrong call.

6. Abhishek hit 5 boundaries in Harshal's over.
Abhishek Porel, who came as an impact player for Delhi, scored 25 runs in one over of Harshal Patel, who was bowling the last over. He hit 5 boundaries including two sixes and three fours in this over. It includes 3 fours and 2 sixes.

7. Ishant clean bowled Dhawan
Fast bowler Ishant Sharma bowled Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan. He bowled the first ball of the third over at a speed of 137, which bounced and shattered Dhawan's stump. Sharma took one wicket for 16 in two overs of bowling. Later he left the field due to muscle strain.

Ishant Sharma's ball shattered the stumps of Shikhar Dhawan.

8. Livingston won the match by hitting a six
Punjab Kings batsman Liam Livingston made Punjab win by hitting a six. In the last over of the match, Punjab Kings needed 6 runs in 6 balls to win. Sumit Kumar did this over for Delhi. Sumit bowled the first two balls wide. After this the first ball was a dot. On the second ball, Livingston hit the ball that came in the off side and hit a six and ended the match.

Livingston played an inning of 38 runs in 21 balls.