10 Outstanding knocks that came in a losing cause in the IPL

#4 Rishabh Pant - 128 Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2018

Rishab's 128 was the highest score in a losing cause

It was a clash between the top-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad and the bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils in 2018. Delhi batted on a turning track and lost both openers to the spin of Shakib Al Hasan. Rishabh Pant played with positive intent, miscommunications resulted in him running out two of his batting partners.

The incident forced the Delhi lad to go on the offensive. He smashed two of the season's best bowlers, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the process. While Rashid went for 27 off the 13 balls, he slammed 43 off just 11 balls from Bhuvi, including a 26-run final over.

Rishabh ended up scoring 128 off 63 balls with 15 fours and seven sixes. He had scored 68.44% of Delhi's total - a record second only to Brendon McCullum's 158 in the first IPL game.

Hyderabad got to the target with an over to spare. It was unfortunate that Pant had to be on the losing side despite his incredible knock.