Captains Rivalry: Rishabh Pant vs Rohit Sharma
Rishabh Pant
When it comes to the rising stars of Indian cricket world, the name that comes up first is Rishabh Pant. This wicket keeper batsman had many rough patches in his career but he has always come back stronger and proven wine is one of the most promising Indian youngsters in the cricket world. Till now he is the only Indian player who has the capability and the aggression to replace the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a top order batsman and wicket keeper.
This right handed wicket keeper batsman has debuted in IPL in the season 2016 and for the season of 2021 he was named as the captain of Delhi Capitals due to the injury of the previous captain Shreyas Iyer.
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Rohit Sharma
On the other side we have the “Hitman” Rohit Sharma. His calibre and his contribution to the Indian Cricket requires no introduction. An absolute beast when it comes to crashing his opponents during the initial overs of the game, he is the best opener for India in recent times.
In the IPL he is associated with Mumbai Indians from 2011 and has shown in every season why he is called “the Hitman ”. Be it match winning knocks or clever captaincy that recovered his team from sure defeats, Rohit has done it all. He is the one who guided the Mumbai Indians team to win 5 IPL trophies.
In today’s article ahead of the clash of Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians we will take a look at the stats of the captains of both the teams to predict who is going to reign on the 22 yards today.
Rishabh Pant VS Rohit Sharma Stats:
| parameters | Rishabh Pant | Rohit Sharma |
| Matches played | 71 | 203 |
| Total Runs | 2160 | 5324 |
| High Score | 128 | 109 |
| Average | 35.40 | 31.31 |
| Strike Rate | 151.26 | 130.61 |
| hundreds | 1 | 1 |
| fiftys | 13 | 39 |
| 4s | 194 | 464 |
| 6s | 104 | 217 |
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As you can see both the players have an excellent track record as individual batsman, Rishabh being the more aggressive one. But we must not forget that Rohit has been playing the role of captain for a long time and this reflects on his performance. Also the fact that he has guided Mumbai Indians to back to back IPL victories gives him extra credit.
As a conclusion we must say that it will be interesting to watch the clash between a seasoned captain and an aggressive youngster tonight.