Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has
now been a national sensation. He managed to win the hearts of fans with antics
behind the stumps and stellar batting. And earlier this week, Pant’s Delhi
Capitals teammate Axar Patel revealed a bit about Pant’s antics as a
wicketkeeper.

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Speaking on the YouTube show ‘Breakfast
with Champions’ with Gaurav Kapur, Axar said that apart from chatters, Pant
also makes weird sounds to the annoyance of batters. Once asked about it, Pant
said that he was getting bored. Patel further added that Pant will do
everything to keep himself occupied behind the stumps even when nothing is
happening, like throwing his gloves or randomly chatting with the fielders
around him, but tends to control it when Virat Kohli is there.

“His chatters are still nice, but the
noises he (Rishabh Pant) makes,” Axar said while laughing. “I tell him ‘What
are you Doing.’ And Rishabh says ‘Need some fun around, or I was getting bored
otherwise’.”

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“He’ll randomly ask the fielder at
point, ‘Bro how’s it going?’. The slip fielders are always ready, he can do
anything all of a sudden. He’ll throw his gloves to the side, he’ll do
anything. The person next to him is always alert. When Virat [Kohli] bhai is
there then he controls himself, but if it’s Puji bhai [Cheteshwar Pujara],
Mayank [Agarwal] or KL [Rahul], then you just can’t hold him back,” Axar
further added.

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Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant are
currently playing for Delhi Capitals in the ongoing season of IPL. The Pant-led
side won two matches and lost two. They are currently standing seventh on the
points table. DC will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday.

In their last game, DC defeated KKR by
44 runs. DC are currently only above Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings
and Mumbai Indians.