Delhi Capitals captain David Warner desires Rishabh Pant to take it ‘sluggish and straightforward’ as he recovers from accidents

Delhi Capitals stand-in captain David Warner desires common skipper Rishabh Pant to take it “slow and easy” as he recovers from accidents sustained in a horrific automobile accident in December 2022.

UPDATED: Apr 1, 2023 02:27 IST

Rishabh Pant will miss the IPL 2023. (Photo: BCCI/PTI)

By India Today Sports Desk: David Warner, Delhi Capitals captain for IPL 2023, urged common skipper Rishabh Pant to take it “slow and easy” as he recovers from the horrific automobile accident.

The Indian wicketkeeper-batter Pant was concerned in a near-fatal automobile accident in December 2022. Pant was subsequently dominated out of the IPL as he’s nonetheless present process rehabilitation following the accident.

Warner revealed that Pant nonetheless desires to help Delhi Capitals “as much as he can” within the IPL 2023, including the India star cricketer will “try his best to come” for the matches.

“He’s looking forward to supporting us as much as he can. I am sure he’ll try his best to come and see us. But we want him to recover, take it slow and easy and get better as fast as he can,” Warner mentioned forward of Delhi Capitals’ opening match towards Lucknow Super Giants on April 1.

Warner additionally opened up on Axar Patel’s position because the vice-captain for the IPL 2023. The Australian mentioned that he would depend on Axar to bridge the “language barrier”.

“Axar will have great knowledge about all the players in the squad. He’ll be in control of relaying information to the bowlers and also help me deal with the language barrier,” mentioned Warner.

Warner added that home-ground benefit might be an enormous issue this season because the IPL returns to the house and away format for the primary time since 2019.

“You get to understand the wicket at your home ground and you’ve also got your fans, who give you a boost. “The followers’ chants within the stadium will give us nice energy and perception to play at our greatest,” Warner mentioned.

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Apr 1, 2023