Glenn Maxwell heaps praises on Rishabh Pant for his mesmerizing century

Delhi Daredevils’ wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant became the second youngest to score an IPL hundred and youngest to score 1000 runs in the Indian Premier League during his team’s encounter against SunRisers Hyderabad at Feroz Shah Kotla last night. The 20-year-old looked in sublime form as he took just 56 balls to bring up his hundred. His unbeaten innings of 128 off 63 balls was studded with 15 fours and 7 towering sixes.

In the final over of Delhi’s innings, Pant dispatched Bhuvneshwar for three consecutive sixes, including a one-handed one that sailed over long-on, scoring a massive 26 runs. It was Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s last over that enabled the hosts to post a competitive score of 187/5 in 20 overs. Thanks to Pant, Delhi amassed 138 runs in the last 10 overs

Following Pant’s imperial innings, fellow teammate and swashbuckling Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell took to Twitter and heaped praises on the youngster. He wrote, “Unbelievable innings from @RishabPant777 tonight! Continues to play with amazing skill and power. Unfortunately, Hyderabad were too good for us tonight. Hopefully, finish the season with 3 good wins for our amazing home fans.”

You can see the Tweet below

Unbelievable innings from @RishabPant777 tonight! Continues to play with amazing skill and power. Unfortunately Hyderabad were too good for us tonight. Hopefully finish the season with 3 good wins for our amazing home fans.

— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 10, 2018

Pant becomes the first Indian cricketer to score a ton this season

Manish Pandey, who hammered a hundred for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009, aged 19 years and 253 days, is the youngest IPL centurion to date. Sanju Samson is now the third youngest. The Rajasthan Royals batsman had scored a hundred for DD last year when he was 22 years and 151 days. Quinton de Kock (23 years and 122 days) and David Warner (23 years and 153 days) are fourth and fifth on the list respectively. This was also the 50th hundred in the history of the IPL.

With the ton, Rishabh Pant became the first Indian centurion this season. Chris Gayle (KXIP) and Shane Watson (CSK) are the only other cricketers to have scored centuries in IPL 2018. In the process, Pant also overtook KL Rahul of Kings XI Punjab to take the Orange Cap.

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