Watch: "Milega, Daalte Reh, Tu Hi Hai", Rishabh Pant's Stump Mic Chatter On Return

One of the quirkiest wicket-keepers the world has seen, Rishabh Pant returned to cricketing action as Delhi Capitals took on Punjab Kings in their opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign. Pant, playing his first cricket match in over 14 months, didn't produce the sort of knock with the bat that he would've desired but he did impress with his captaincy from behind the stumps. As Pant returned to field, so did his quirky chatter that was caught on the stump mic.

Inspiring spinner Kuldeep Yadav to continue bowling the line he did, Pant told him, “milega, daalte reh, tu hi hai (continue bowling the same way, you'll get the wicket, you are the only one)”.

Pant's efforts to inspire Kuldeep paid off as the left-arm wrist-spinner got the prized wicket of Jitesh Sharma. Here's the video:

Stump mic conversations we missed #YehHaiNayiDilli #PBKSvDC #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/W8oZytrSWV

You are True Skipper Yaar. Always gives confidence to our bowler pic.twitter.com/ASBkMsr2NO

Upon return, Pant couldn't inspire his team to a win, with the Punjab Kings securing a rather comfortable triumph.

Half-century by Sam Curran and his 67-run partnership with Liam Livingstone helped Punjab Kings (PBKS) secure a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in Rishabh Pant's comeback game during the Indian Premier League at Mullanpur.

Ishant was injured while bowling. Pant lauded batter Abhishek Porel for his hard-hitting knock. Pant also said that he was nervous while batting, but one has to go through it.

"Ishant's injury was clearly evident because we were still one player short...we lagged with the batting a bit. Abhishek came in and chipped in with a few runs which were crucial. We were short on extra bowling. We actually pulled