Watch: Rishabh Pant receives special jersey ahead of 100th IPL game for Delhi Capitals

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant , celebrating his 100th appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, was honoured with a special jersey amidst applause from the entire team.

This is the first time a DC player completed 100 matches for the franchise. Pant's milestone match coincided with DC's fixture against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

IPL took to X and shared a video of the DC camp celebrating Pant's 100th IPL game and captioned it, "A round of applause and a special jersey for Captain @RishabhPant17 who is all set to play his 100th IPL match."

In his 100th IPL appearance, Pant won the toss and opted to field first against the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals in their second game of the season.

The Rajasthan-based franchise secured a 20-run victory over the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their opening match. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals commenced their IPL 2024 campaign with a loss against the Punjab Kings.

"We'll bowl first. The wicket looks fine and we want to use it, there might be some dew in the 2nd innings. Feels good to play 100 matches for the same franchise, but every game is important for me. Most of the concerns are regarding injury, but these are things you can't control. Two changes for us - Ishant hasn't recovered, Shai Hope has a back spasm. Anrich Nortje and Mukesh Kumar come in," Pant said at the toss.

(With ANI inputs)