Rishabh Pant’s damage has created a void within the Delhi Capitals squad as they may should go together with a part-time wicketkeeper to maintain the staff steadiness intact within the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting had revealed that they have been on the lookout for a wicketkeeper-batsman to interchange Pant, however emphasised how troublesome the search may very well be.
“We haven’t decided yet. That’s what the practice matches are about. It’s clearly another hole that Rishabh has left. You can’t replace those guys, that simple. They don’t grow on trees; Such players. We have to look – and we already are – for a replacement to come into the team,” Ponting had informed reporters.
During their two-week health camp held in Kolkata in February, Sarfaraz Khan fractured his finger whereas holding and the damage dominated him out of the Irani Cup match in opposition to Madhya Pradesh.
The solely different full-time wicket-keeping possibility of their aspect is England’s Phil Salt, who stored wicket for Pretoria Capitals within the not too long ago concluded SA20 in South Africa. But in the event that they embody an abroad participant Salt of their enjoying XI, it may upset their steadiness. The different possibility they’ve is Manish Pandey.
It will probably be fascinating to see how the part-time keeper fares in opposition to Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel on the low and gradual Kotla floor the place they’ve seven matches to play.
The Capitals will most likely miss the captaincy of Pant together with David Warner, a confirmed IPL bulwark who tasted success together with his former franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016.
Warner can also be the joint fifth most profitable captain when it comes to video games received: 35 wins, 32 losses and two ties in 69 matches. However, the captaincy by no means burdened the batsman, and the numbers assist that declare: he has 2840 runs at a mean of 47.33 and a strike price of 142.28 with one century and 26 fifties.
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Warner was additionally the best run-scorer for Delhi Capitals within the final IPL, scoring 432 runs at a wholesome strike price of 150.52, together with 5 half-centuries.
Delhi Capitals will start their marketing campaign in opposition to KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday, April 1 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Delhi Probable XI: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Akshar Patel, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Delhi Capitals staff: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Phil Salt (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Manish Pandey (wk), Riley Rossouw, Ripple Patel, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Akshar Patel, Aman Khan, Vicky Ostwal , Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Enrich Nortje, Chetan Sakaria, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
