Delhi Capitals (DC) could also be in the decrease rung of the factors desk in the 2024 version of the IPL, nonetheless, they have not performed as badly as among the different groups and place on the standings. Injuries have been a little bit of a priority for the Capitals in the season thus far with among the key gamers staying on the sidelines. While Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar have recovered, Mitchell Marsh has returned residence with a partial hamstring tear and now one other star participant, opener David Warner is beneath the damage cloud.
Warner, who was unfortunate because the ball rolled onto his stumps against the Lucknow Super Giants, copped a blow on his left-hand and injured his finger. Warner was uncertain for the Wednesday (April 17) recreation against the Gujarat Titans and head coach Ricky Ponting has supplied an replace on him in the pre-match press convention saying {that a} remaining resolution will probably be taken on him on the match day.
“David did have an X-ray after the last game. That X-ray came back all clear. But, he’s got a lot of swelling around the knuckle on his left hand. We’ll give him a fitness test tomorrow morning, and keeping our fingers crossed that he’s okay,” Ponting mentioned.
The Capitals have two wins in six matches and yet another loss at this stage of the match might put their marketing campaign in jeopardy. Even although the Capitals had an excellent day with the bat in Lucknow just a few days in the past, the batters should put up an excellent present but once more given they face the specter of Afghanistan spin twins, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad, extra so if they do not have Warner for the encounter in Ahmedabad.
However, Ponting was hopeful of his batters’ preparation saying that the work has been put in retaining in thoughts these bowlers. “We will structure our batting order tomorrow to make sure that we’ve got the right batsmen against their spinners in those crucial middle overs of the game. The batsmen are well aware of the skill set that they’ll need tomorrow to take on this Gujarat side,” Ponting added.
Titans, however, have gained three and misplaced three in six video games performed thus far.
