The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is ready to host Rishabh Pant, the star batter and former skipper of the Delhi Capitals, on the Arun Jaitley Stadium for his workforce’s dwelling matches throughout the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Pant is recovering from accidents sustained in a automobile accident final yr. The Delhi Capitals will start their IPL marketing campaign towards Lucknow Super Giants on April 1 and can play their first dwelling recreation towards the Gujarat Titans on April 4 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The DDCA director, Shyam Sharma, acknowledged that they’re able to host Pant on the floor if he feels snug and if the Delhi Capitals permit it. Sharma additionally talked about that they may maintain every thing for him, together with transportation to and from the stadium, and they’ll create a particular ramp for his entry to the dugout.
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Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting expressed his want to have Pant on the dugout for all dwelling video games. However, David Warner will captain the workforce for the upcoming season, and all-rounder Axar Patel would be the workforce’s vice-captain. The franchise additionally introduced former India captain Sourav Ganguly because the franchise’s Director of Cricket. Delhi Capitals are more likely to signal Bengal’s Abishek Porel as a substitute for Pant forward of the IPL 2023. Porel and three different uncapped wicketkeepers have been put by means of a collection of match simulation drills over the previous week throughout a week-long coaching camp in New Delhi, the place they had been noticed by the Capitals teaching workers.
Porel impressed together with his glove work throughout his first full home cricket season with Bengal, however he struggled to place up giant runs throughout codecs. He scored 22 runs in his three video games for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and managed 695 runs at a mean of over 30 with six half-centuries throughout 26 innings with a better of 73 in first-class cricket. Porel might nonetheless be a backup possibility for wicketkeeping, because the workforce is keen to check Sarfaraz Khan on the place. Throughout the previous three home seasons, Sarfaraz has been in wonderful batting form.
In the earlier season, the Delhi Capitals completed on the fifth place within the factors desk with seven wins and an equal variety of losses, totaling 14 factors, narrowly lacking out on a playoff spot. They will look to enhance their efficiency within the upcoming IPL season with the brand new management and replacements.
Delhi Capitals squad energy: 25 gamers (Overseas 8)
Players purchased in IPL 2023 public sale: Ishant Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Phil Salt (Rs 2 crore), Mukesh Kumar (Rs 5.5 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 2.4 crore), Rilee Rossouw (Rs 4.60 crore).
Players retained – Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal.