Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant: Only two days are left for IPL i.e. Indian Premier League 2024 to start. Then the team has announced the name of its captain. Rishabh Pant has been made the captain of Delhi Capitals in place of David Warner in IPL 2024. He has been away from professional cricket for almost 14 months after a fatal road accident on the Delhi-Dehradun Highway in 2022. Then after long treatment, he got permission from NCA to play in IPL.
We welcome Rishabh as the captain of Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals Chairman Parth Jindal said in a statement, “We are delighted to welcome Rishabh as the captain of Delhi Capitals. He has shown patience and fearlessness. The new season is being awaited with new zeal and enthusiasm. I look forward to having him lead Delhi Capitals.” Once again on the field. Can't wait for that.”
Match against Punjab Kings on 23 March
Rishabh Pant has been declared fit as a wicketkeeper-batsman for IPL 2024 on December 30, 2022, 14 months after the road accident, the board said in a medical update. Apart from this, Delhi Capitals will play its first match against Punjab Kings in Chandigarh on 23 March.
Delhi Capitals team of IPL 2024
Rishabh Pant (captain), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Swastik Chikara, Yash Dhull, Axar Patel, Jack Fraser McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Sumit Kumar, Abhishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Tristan Stubbs, Enrique Narakhia, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jhye Richardson, Khalil Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Rasiq Dar and Vicky Ostwal.