Standing ovation as Pant's fifty helps Delhi down Chennai in IPL

Rishabh Pant led from the front with his first IPL fifty since his comeback from a horror car crash as Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs on Sunday.ge..

Captain Pant hit 51 off 32 balls after fellow left-hander David Warner smashed 52 and helped Delhi to 191-5 in Visakhapatnam the adopted homeground for the Capitals due to the upcoming general elections..

Warner and Prithvi Shaw, who hit 43, put on an opening stand of 93 before Chennai's bowlers hit back with wickets including Matheesha Pathirana's two strikes in an over..

He started slowly but gained momentum at the backend as he smashed Pathirana for two fours and a six on successive balls, but the bowler had his revenge on the fourth. . "Took my time initially because I haven't played much cricket, but I kept believing I could change the match," Pant said of his hits including a vintage one-handed flick for six..

Chennai, who witnessed a captaincy change at the start of the season when the 42-year-old Dhoni handed over the leadership to Ruturaj Gaikwad, lost two early wickets including Rachin Ravindra for two..

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