IPL 2024 DC Will Rishabh Pant be able to end the title drought? Here is the team’s analysis
IPL 2024 Delhi Capitals Rishabh Pant : Indian team’s star player Rishabh Pant is ready to return to the field once again. Pant narrowly escaped a fatal road accident in December 2022. Since then, not only has he not been able to play for Team India, he also had to miss last year’s IPL. This time Pant is returning as captain again. Now the biggest question is whether Rishabh Pant will be able to help Delhi Capitals win the IPL trophy for the first time, let us try to understand.
Delhi has not won a single IPL title yet
Apart from RCB, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Supergiants, Delhi Capitals is a team which has not been able to win the IPL title even once. The team also played the final, but remained one step away from the trophy. If we talk about last year itself, i.e. in IPL 2023, this team came ninth among 10 teams. From this it can be easily understood how the team would have performed. This time since Rishabh Pant is returning, victory is expected. Ricky Ponting has already made it clear that Rishabh Pant will play as captain and wicket keeper.
The team will benefit from the arrival of Rishabh Pant
With the return of Rishabh Pant, the team will not only get its permanent captain, but the middle order will also become stronger. If we talk about Pant’s IPL career, he has now played 98 matches and scored 2838 runs. His average is 34.61 and strike rate is 147.97. He has scored 15 half-centuries and one century so far in the IPL. He played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs, which remained a record for many years. It will be interesting to see how far Pant takes his team this year.
The team again has big expectations from David Warner
The team’s strength has increased with the arrival of David Warner, there should not be any century in this. Last year, in the absence of Rishabh Pant, he took command of the team and scored a lot of runs. But the rest of the team could not perform like that, hence the team was in bad condition. David Warner is included among those players who have scored more than 500 runs in a single season. Before Delhi Capitals, he has done this work many times for Sunrisers Hyderabad. As captain of Delhi Capitals, last year he scored 516 runs in 14 matches. His average was 36.86 and strike rate was 131.63. He did not have any century to his name, but he definitely played innings of more than 50 runs six times.
Shay Hope and Tristan Stubbs will have to play big innings
However, the team suffered a blow when Harry Brook withdrew his name from this year’s IPL. But to make up for their shortcomings, the team has Shay Hope and Tristan Stubbs, who do not allow the run rate to drop even in the middle overs. If Indian players are wanted then Abhishek Poral can do this work. But the question is whether he is able to make a place in the playing eleven.
Delhi team will not be able to play at home in the first phase
This year, along with IPL, Lok Sabha elections are also to be held. Therefore, in the first phase schedule released by BCCI, Delhi Capitals will not get a chance to play even a single match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The home ground of the team will be Visakhapatnam. It is believed that when the schedule of the second phase comes, the team will be seen playing among its fans in Delhi also. Well, if we look at it, the team’s performance has not been anything special even while playing at home. Out of the 77 matches the team has played at home, it has won 33 and lost 43. That means having the match in Delhi is not a guarantee of the team’s victory.
Prithvi Shaw will have to show his aggressive avatar
The team will also have high expectations from its opening batsman Prithvi Shaw this year. If Prithvi Shaw also bats well along with David Warner, then the bowlers of the opposing team may face big problems. Shaw has returned to the field after his injury. He could not play any big innings in Ranji Trophy, but still with his small innings he definitely played an important role in helping Mumbai win. The last IPL season was not good for him. Playing a total of 8 matches, Shaw scored only 106 runs. His average is 13.25 and strike rate is 124.71. He managed to score only one half-century. It would have to leave Shaw behind.
Delhi’s first match against Punjab Kings on 23 March
This time, Delhi Capitals team will be seen playing its first match against Punjab Kings on 23 March. This match will be played in Mohali and will be a day match. Some changes have taken place in the team after the auction. Lungi Ngidi will not be able to play this season of IPL due to injury, Jake Fraser-McGurk has been brought in his place. Although Harry Brook will also not play, his replacement is yet to be announced.
Complete team of Delhi Capitals for IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Praveen Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Enrique Norkhia. , Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhay Richardson, Rasikh Salem, Jake Fraser-McGurk.
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