Indian wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is about to return to aggressive cricket for the primary time in 14 months since his life-threatening automotive accident on the Delhi-Dehradun freeway when he was returning dwelling to Roorkee. Pant suffered a number of accidents and bruises and required a number of surgical procedures on knee ligaments. After near a yr and a half, Pant has been declared fit by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the 26-year-old is about to proceed as captain of Delhi Capitals within the 2024 version of the IPL.
“After undergoing an extensive 14-month rehab and recovery process, following a life-threatening road mishap on December 30th, 2022, near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Rishabh Pant has now been declared fit as a wicket-keeper batter for the upcoming TATA IPL 2024,” the BCCI stated in a launch.Â
Pant underwent a number of rounds of rehab and restoration and stimulations to firstly get totally fit earlier than starting the cricket coaching a few weeks in the past together with operating, warm-up and ability coaching together with wicket-keeping and batting.
Pant’s availability will likely be pleasant information for the Capitals, who struggled to string wins collectively in final yr’s IPL. The Capitals struggled with their batting in IPL 2023 and Pant’s availability coupled with the addition of Harry Brook and pace-bowling all-rounder Sumit Kumar within the public sale, offers a greater look to the staff than the final yr. If Anrich Nortje is fit and raring to go together with the remainder of the bowling assault already stable, the Capitals may very well be in for a greater outing this yr.Â
Delhi Capitals IPL 2024 squad: Rishabh Pant(w/c), Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abishek Porel, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Salam, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Lungi Ngidi, Jhye Richardson, Shai Hope
