Gearing up: Super Giants can be eager to start with a win.
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How Delhi Capitals will fill the void left by Rishabh Pant’s absence has been one of many largest questions forward of the sixteenth season of the IPL. That can be answered — no less than partially — on Saturday when Capitals take on Lucknow Super Giants on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium right here.
It might be part-timer Sarfaraz Khan or new recruit Abishek Porel, in line with coach Ricky Ponting. Capitals additionally should take care of the absence of the South African tempo duo of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, who’re on nationwide obligation. Capitals must rely on Indian seam choices, which embrace Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar, whereas for spin there are Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.
When it involves batting, in skipper David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, the in-form Mitchell Marsh, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt and Manish Pandey, Capitals have an issue of lots.
As for the Lucknow batting, it has to deal with the absence of Quinton de Kock, so there can be extra duty on the likes of skipper Okay.L. Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis and Krunal Pandya. For wickets, the host will look to the likes of Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan.
