Ajinkya Rahane's ton went in vain as Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 78 and Dhawan's fifty guided Delhi to a comfortable 6 wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.
Pant made a statement with a blistering 78 off 36 balls and powered Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Just as Pant hit the winning runs, finishing it off with a six against Rajasthan Royals on Monday night, Sourav Ganguly entered the ground and lifted him up.
Chasing 192, Delhi rode on brilliant half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan (54 off 27) and Pant (78* off 36) at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday to move to the top of the points table.
Speaking about Pant's disappointment after being left out of the preliminary World Cup squad which was announced earlier this month, Ponting opined that the 21-year-old would have been "absolutely devastating" in English conditions.
If CSK's problem is the non-performance of the top-order, Sunrisers Hyderabad's issues are that there are no performers in the middle-order with bulk of the runs being scored by openers David Warner (517 runs) and Jonny Bairstow (445 runs).
While the likes of Andre Russell headed back to the City of Joy, skipper Dinesh Karthik and some other players headed to Mumbai as they felt they could get a better practice session in Mumbai.
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