Delhi Capitals Head Coach Ricky Ponting and Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly shared some insights on captain Rishabh Pant’s readiness for the upcoming season.
Star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who is making a comeback to professional cricket after 14 months, also had his first training session with the team.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Pointing has asserted confidence in the game-changer and provided the latest update on his fitness.
Pant, who met with a horrific car accident in December 2022, has been undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy and is working hard to regain match fitness before the start of the IPL in the second half of March.
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Pant who is currently undergoing treatment in NCA Bengaluru is expected to recover by the end of February. However, Pant's ability to play in IPL matches, nevertheless, would rely on the NCA management giving their approval.
As per media reports, Ganguly will replace Ponting as the head coach of DC after the Australian legend decided to part ways with the franchise after the team’s dismal show in IPL 2023.
Punjab were struggling at 45/3 but Prabhsimran stitched a vital stand of 72 runs off 54 balls for the fourth wicket with Sam Curran to get them out of trouble and put a fighting total on the board. On the other hand, Ishant Sharma was the most successful bowler for Delhi Capitals with his 2-27.
DC need to win all four of their remaining games in the league stage of the campaign if they are to finish among the top four sides at the end of the league stage and qualify for the playoffs.
Apart from Shami, Mohit Sharma (2-33) and Rashid Khan (1-28) were the other wicket-takers for Titans while Axar Patel (27 off 30) and Ripal Patel (23 off 13) were the other main contributors with the bat after Aman.
Sundar got the wickets of DC skipper David Warner (21), Sarfaraz Khan (10) and Aman Hakim Khan (4) within six balls as Delhi Capitals slumped to 62/5 after electing to bat first on winning the toss.
DC have included former Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batsman Priyam Garg in their squad.
Upon returning from Bengaluru, the players became aware of the incident when they received their respective kits and reported it to the franchise officials, who promptly filed an official complaint.
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