Kuldeep Yadav and Rishabh Pant. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)
A rib-tickling moment was captured by the stump mic between India and Delhi Capitals teammates, Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav, representing India B and India A in the Duleep trophy 2024.
With India A requiring 131 to win with only three wickets in hand and Kuldeep being the last recognizable bowler who had demonstrated expertise in batting, the wrist-spinner swept a delivery from Sai Kishore off to the vacant midwicket fence. The very next delivery, which was the final ball of the over, was delayed due to a hysterical moment between the spinner and the wicketkeeper.
Pant alerted the fielders fielding outside the thirty-yard circle and on it to take a few steps to stifle the single which he assumed Kuldeep would take, to take strike for the next over, hence protecting Akash Deep from the bowlers of India B, who were looking to finish proceedings off in a jiffy. Retorting to Pant’s statement, Kuldeep replied that he wouldn’t take a single, implying that there was no need to take the field up. Pant wittily responded by asking Kuldeep to swear on his mother that he would not take the single.
Watch the video below:
Rishabh : “Sab upar rehna single ke liye sare”
Kuldeep : “Me nhi lunga”
Rishabh : “Kha le Maa kasam nhi lega” 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/7fqfMY4wqS
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“Sab upar rehna single ke liye saare (everyone come up close to prevent the single from being taken),” notified Pant.
“Mai nahi lunga (I won’t take the single),” replied Kuldeep.
“Kha le maa kasam nahi lega (swear on your mother that you won’t take it),” retorted Pant.
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Pant and Kuldeep have been teammates at DC with the former affecting eight dismissals off the latter’s bowling in the 24 matches he has played as a wicketkeeper, while the number of dismissals in which Kuldeep and Pant were involved for India are seven with three more matches than the number above in which Pant featured as a wicketkeeper.