IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals will take the field without their regular captain Rishabh Pant. Pant was badly injured in a road accident. In his absence, David Warner will take charge of the team.
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New Delhi.In the beginning of IPL 2023, only days are left to count. IPL will start on 31 March. The opening match will be played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. The Gujarat team will enter the field with the intention of defending the title. in this league delhi capitals But everyone’s eyes will be on who will take the field without their regular captain Rishabh Pant. In fact, at the end of last year, Pant was badly injured in a road accident.
Last season, the Delhi team could not even make it to the playoffs. With 14 points in 14 matches, the team was at the 5th position. However, for this season, the franchise had emptied its purse in the auction. Players like Mukesh Kumar, Riley Russo, Manish Pandey were bought to strengthen the team, but despite this Delhi is finding it difficult to reach the playoffs this season.
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tough to reach playoffs
In the absence of Pant, David Warner will take charge of the team, but former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra feels that the Delhi team will not qualify for the playoffs. Akash Chopra said on his YouTube channel that Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are the only 3 franchises who have not won the title yet. Delhi has also reached very close to the title once. All the teams reached close to the title, but this time they will not be able to reach close to the title.
Confusion over playing XI
Delhi will start their campaign in IPL 2023 against Lucknow Super Giants on 1st April. Delhi was the runner-up in 2020 and had the best performance in the league. Akash Chopra made this prediction while talking about the playing XI of Delhi. He looked a bit confused about the playing XI. He says that there is a problem in Delhi’s batting order. They have players who bat at the top only.
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Who will do wicketkeeping?
The former Indian cricketer said that if everyone is of the top order then the middle order is the problem in front of Delhi. Akash was also confused about the wicketkeeper. According to Akash, David Warner and Prithvi Shaw can open. Mitchell Marsh at number 3 and Manish Pandey at number 4 can land. Russou and Rovman Powell can land at number 5 and number 6. Delhi has an option of Sarfaraz Khan in wicketkeeping, but even he does not know that IPL 2023 Who will do the keeping for Delhi?
