IPL 2023: With Rishabh Pant lacking, who will don the gloves for Delhi Capitals?

Rishabh Pant’s harm has created a void within the Delhi Capitals staff, as they may should go together with a part-time keeper to maintain the staff’s steadiness intact within the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting had identified that they had been trying to find a wicketkeeper-batter to switch Pant however careworn on how troublesome that search may very well be.

“We haven’t decided yet. That’s what the practice games are all about. That’s obviously another hole that Rishabh leaves. You can’t replace those guys, simple as that. They don’t grow on trees; players like that. We’ve got to look at – and we already are – a replacement to come into the squad,” Ponting had advised reporters.

During their two-week health camp organised in Kolkata in February, Sarfaraz Khan fractured his finger whereas maintaining and the harm dominated him out of the Irani Cup match towards Madhya Pradesh.

The solely different full-time wicketkeeping possibility of their facet is England’s Phil Salt, who stored wickets for Pretoria Capitals within the recently-concluded SA20 in South Africa. But in the event that they add Salt, an abroad participant of their taking part in XI, it’d put their steadiness in a repair. The different possibility they’ve is Manish Pandey.

It might be attention-grabbing to see how a part-time keeper will do towards Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel on the low and gradual Kotla floor, the place they’re scheduled to play seven matches.

Capitals may not miss Pant’s captaincy a lot with David Warner, a confirmed IPL bulwark, who has tasted success together with his former franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016.

Warner can 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, captaincy by no means burdened Warner the batter, and numbers help that declare: he has 2840 runs at a mean of 47.33 and a strike charge of 142.28 with one century and 26 fifties.

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Warner was additionally the main run-getter for Delhi Capitals within the final IPL, scoring 432 runs at a wholesome strike charge of 150.52, together with 5 half-centuries.

Delhi Capitals will begin their marketing campaign towards KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday, April 1 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Delhi Predicted XI: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mithcell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Anrich Norje, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.

Delhi Capitals squad: David Warner (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Phil Salt (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Manish Pandey (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Vicky Ostwal, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.