Delhi Capitals New Captain: Some teams are going to take the field in IPL 2024 with a new captain. Before IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad have changed their captains. Now the name of Delhi Capitals has also been included in this list. Delhi Capitals has announced the name of its new captain before the start of the new season.
Delhi Capitals announced new captain
Delhi Capitals has once again made Rishabh Pant the captain of its team in place of David Warner. Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant is handling the captaincy of Delhi Capitals from the year 2021. But Rishabh Pant had a car accident in the year 2022 while going from Delhi to Roorkee. After this incident, Rishabh Pant did not become a part of IPL 2023. David Warner took command of the team in his place. In such a situation, now Rishabh Pant will be seen returning to IPL as captain.
Delhi Capitals issued press release
Delhi Capitals Chairman and Co-Owner Parth Jindal said in a press release that we are delighted to welcome Rishabh as our captain. Patience and fearlessness have always been important in his cricket. We look forward to the new season with renewed vigor and enthusiasm and I can’t wait to see him lead our team on the field once again. Let us tell you that earlier BCCI had approved Pant to play as a wicketkeeper batsman in this year’s IPL. Rishabh Pant has now been declared fit as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the upcoming IPL 2024 after undergoing a 14-month rehabilitation process following a road accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand on December 30, 2022, the board said in a medical update.
Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2024:
Rishabh Pant (captain), Praveen Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Enrique Narkhia, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.
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