Pant makes Capitals gain while giving India a taste

IPL ROUND-UP
By Tom Harle
RISHABH Pant reminded Indian selectors exactly what they’ll be missing out on at the World Cup with a match-winning display to see Delhi Capitals past Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL eliminator.
When the precocious wicket-keeper batsman was left out of India’s initial 15-man squad for the showpiece, chief selector MSK Prasad highlighted the 21-yearold’s lack of maturity as a finisher.
But Pant showed his class in a 21-ball knock of 49, featuring five sixes, offering a convincing rebuttal to an omission that saw Dinesh Karthik – 12 years his s...

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