Delhi Capitals have won three games out of the seven played in IPL 2024 and sit at No 6 in the points table. SRH, on the other hand, are at number 4 having won four games out of the six played this season.
In the last three meetings, Delhi Capitals have been humiliated by heavy margins of 91, 27 and 77 runs, respectively by the Chennai franchise, and thus a win against the five-time IPL champions on Sunday, could come as a morale-booster for Rishabh Pant’s men.
Pant might not arguably have waited the longest so far in his life until this moment on Saturday when he was welcomed by a standing ovation from the Mohali crowd, even though he was captaining the visiting side.
As BCCI secretary Jay Shah had earlier pointed out that Pant’s performance in the IPL will be monitored closely for a smoother return to the Indian team that will fly to the US and the West Indies to play the T20 World Cup, just a week after the IPL final, it will be interesting to see whether Pant can find his match fitness quickly.
Addressing the media here on Friday , Captain Rishabh Pant spoke in details about his feelings about making a comeback to professional cricket after 14 months.
Pant will be hoping to make full use of the IPL, as BCCI secretary Jay Shah had stressed that his performance in the cash-rich league will keep him in contention for a slot in the T20 World Cup scheduled in June.
About team's first training session of the season, Amre said, "We wanted to get together and get a feel of the wicket. There were newcomers as well, so we wanted to welcome them and enjoy the session as a team."
The BCCI’s medical team, however, did not release an update on star batter KL Rahul, the designated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain. Rahul has been out of action after suffering a quadricep tendon injury during the first Test against England in January.
But when calibrated evaluations of competing cricketers’ attributes lead up to a conclusion where narrowly defined niches are pointed at for players good enough to be in the national mix, you are apt to be left wondering if the batsmen as well as the wicketkeepers are not befuddled.
Regardless of Prithvi Shaw’s strikingly self-assertive, century-making Test debut and Risabh Pant’s continued belligerence with the bat, it was Umesh…
