Watch: Rishabh Pant almost hits Dinesh Karthik's head with bat

Rishabh Pant, who is known for his antics on the field, did something similar on Tuesday in the Delhi Capitals' game against Kolkata Knight Riders as he almost hit wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik with his bat as the latter had to duck during Match No 41 of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The incident took place on the first ball of the 17th over of Delhi's batting innings bowled by Varun Chakravarthy where Rishabh Pant trying to hit the ball outside the off-stump but got an inside edge as it bounced once near the stumps. Since it bounced a little high, Pant tried to swipe it across near the stumps and since Karthik was up, Pant's bat almost hit him on the helmet.

That was way too close! 

Lucky escape of sorts for @DineshKarthik following @RishabhPant17's swing of the bat.  #VIVOIPL #KKRvDC

Here's what happened https://t.co/4wScbl0rzS

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 28, 2021

Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik near miss
 Credits : @DisneyPlusHS pic.twitter.com/WeHxKbZSyD

— Phoenix (@Phoenix09004) September 28, 2021

Pant later just checked on Karthik and then both had a laugh but if it had hit him, it could have been a little dangerous for the KKR wicket-keeper.

Pant, who was the joint highest run-getter for the team during the innings scoring 39 runs struggled to get going throughout his knock as the Capitals could score only 127 runs on a slow Sharjah track, which eventually didn't prove to be enough as KKR chased ot down with three wickets remaining and DC suffered their third loss of the competition.

The fans couldn't resist reacting to Pant's act as fans suggested Pant was looking to hit everything out of the ground including Karthik's head. Here are some of the reactions:

beech match pant huye pagal. runs nahi aane par dk ko maara balla pic.twitter.com/vSZfQvGSLm

— Prateek. (@Prateeeex_) September 28, 2021

Rishab Pant trying to hit everything out of the ground, including Dinesh Karthik's head.

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) September 28, 2021

Pant almost smashes DK  #DCvKKR pic.twitter.com/S9ual1S7sP

— Aman (@AmanHasNoName_2) September 28, 2021

Rishabh Pant almost knocked out Dinesh Karthik with the bat #IPL2021 #KKRvDC

— Amey Pethkar (@ameypethkar9) September 28, 2021

Pant ne Karthik pe kiya hamla to KKR players ne kiya Smith pe counter attack, Ashwin ko kaha test me select ho ke dikha: #KKRvDC #DCvKKR pic.twitter.com/6JBAo3ukCh

— Abhishek Tripathi (@abhithecomic) September 28, 2021