Delhi Capitals on Tuesday confirmed Rishabh Pant as their captain for the Indian Premier League 2024. The wicket-keeper batter, who makes a return to aggressive cricket, takes over the reins from Australia’s David Warner. The Capitals confirmed the event in a press launch.
“Rishabh Pant will captain Delhi Capitals in the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League. The wicketkeeper-batter is making a return to professional cricket after 14 months, and has been a part of the Delhi Capitals pre-season preparatory camp in Vizag,” DC stated in a press release.Â
DC chairman and group’s co-owner Parth Jindal stated that the group is delighted to welcome Pant as their captain for the brand new season. “We are delighted to welcome Rishabh back as our Captain. Grit and fearlessness have always dictated his brand of cricket, and not surprisingly, even his road to recovery. I can’t wait to see him walk our team out once again as we look forward to a new season with renewed passion, vigour and enthusiasm,” he stated.
The franchise additionally shared a video to welcome their skipper. Here is the video.
Another co-owner Kiran Kumar Grandhi additionally heaped reward on Rishabh’s comeback into aggressive cricket. “Rishabh has labored extremely arduous throughout one of the crucial difficult phases of his life. I’ve little doubt his teammates will take immense inspiration from that as they embark upon a brand new season. Captain Rishabh and the group has our greatest needs,” Grandhi stated.
Pant has already hit the bottom working for the Capitals in observe periods. Recently, he was cleared by BCCI to characteristic within the Indian cash-rich match as a wicket-keeper batter. “After undergoing an extensive 14-month rehab and recovery process, following a life-threatening road mishap on December 30th, 2022, Rishabh Pant has now been declared fit as a wicket-keeper batter for the upcoming TATA IPL 2024,” the Indian Board stated in a press release on March 12.
Delhi Capitals will play their first match of the match in opposition to Punjab Kings on March 23 in Chandigarh. According to the preliminary schedule introduced by the IPL governing physique, DC can be taking part in their residence video games in Visakhapatnam and never in Delhi to provide extra time to organize pitches for IPL after internet hosting a number of WPL video games.
