DC vs GT Rishabh Pant: Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant was in tremendous form in the 40th match of IPL 2024 against Gujarat Titans on Wednesday night. Pant scored 88 runs with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes in 43 balls to win against GT. Meanwhile, Pant dismissed Gujarat’s fast bowler Mohit Sharma. He bowled this GT bowler so much that no batsman in the history of IPL has bowled so much a bowler in a match. Meanwhile, Pant also broke the record of RCB star bowler Virat Kohli.
Earlier in the history of IPL, the record of scoring the most runs against a single bowler in a match was in the name of King Kohli. Virat had scored 52 runs on 17 balls in the match against Umesh Yadav in IPL 2013. After which many batsmen targeted one bowler but no one could break Kohli’s record. But now after 11 years, Rishabh Pant has created history and broken this record of Virat Kohli. In this match against Mohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant scored 62 runs in 18 balls. This is now the most runs scored by a batsman in a match against a bowler in the history of IPL.
Most runs by a batsman against a bowler in an IPL match
62(18) – Rishabh Pant vs Mohit Sharma, 2024
52(17) – Virat Kohli vs Umesh Yadav 2013
51(16) – Hashim Amla vs Lasith Malinga, 2017
48(18) – KL Rahul vs Dale Steyn, 2020
47(15) – Kieron Pollard vs Sam Curran, 2019
47(18) – Kieron Pollard vs Amit Mishra 2014
Most sixes by a batsman against a bowler in an IPL match
7 – Pant vs Mohit, 2024 (18 balls)
6 – Russell vs Shami, 2017 (9 balls)
6 – S Iyer vs Mavi, 2019 (10 balls)
6 – Kohli vs Cariappa, 2016 (14 balls)
6 – Russell vs Bravo, 2018 (14 balls)
6 – Pollard vs S Curran, 2019 (15 balls)
6 – Gayle vs Rashid, 2018 (16 balls)
The record of the most expensive spell in the history of IPL is also in the name of Mohit Sharma. Mohit spent a total of 73 runs in his 4 overs in this match. Before this, no bowler in the history of IPL had given away so many runs in a match. Earlier this record was in the name of Basil Thampi, he had spent 70 runs in a match.
Bowlers who gave away the most runs in an IPL match
0/73 – Mohit Sharma vs DC*
0/70 – Basil Thampi vs RCB
0/69 – Yash Dayal vs KKR
1/68 – Reece Topley vs SRH
0/66 – Kwena Mfaka vs SRH
1/66 – Arshdeep Singh vs MI
0/66 – Mujeeb Zadran vs SRH
0/66 – Ishant Sharma vs CSK
