Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant made his extremely anticipated comeback to aggressive cricket throughout Delhi Capitals’ (DC) IPL 2024 marketing campaign opener towards Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Saturday.
Notably, Pant suffered a horrific automobile accident close to Roorkee in December 2022. He was declared match by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical workforce final week.
Taking the sphere as DC captain, Pant walked to the pitch on the MaharajPa Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.
“Really emotional time for me. Just want to enjoy the moment. Not thinking much. I think not worried about last season. Really exciting times. We have been preparing well,” stated Pant after the toss.
In the meantime, after profitable the toss, PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan said: “We are gonna field first. It is a new pitch. We will look to come up with new strategies.
“We had [played] a practice match. We will look for some luck on this venue,” he added.
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PBKS vs DC: Taking part in XI of each the groups
Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Impression substitutes for each the groups
Delhi Capitals: Abishek Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey
Punjab Kings: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Vidhwath Kaverappa