“Indian Players Are Gold In IPL”: Sourav Ganguly’s Honest Take On Rishabh Pant Return For Delhi Capitals

Former India skipper and Delhi Capitals’ Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly expressed his emotions on Thursday forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 as star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant joined the Delhi Capitals squad. Pant missed the IPL 2023 after struggling a number of accidents in a horrific automobile accident on December 30, 2022. The 51-year-old asserted that Pant’s inclusion is a extremely enormous increase for the Delhi Capitals facet forward of the IPL 2024. The southpaw additional stated that he’s extraordinarily glad that Pant is again within the squad. “It’s a huge boost for Delhi Capitals because Indian players are gold in the IPL. Obviously, he has not played much cricket and I hope he gets back to rhythm very quickly. It’s been a while he is away from competitive cricket, almost 17-18 months. He has worked very hard to make a comeback. He is confident and wants to play for Delhi Capitals and India. I am extremely happy he is back and hope he gets through the season,” Ganguly advised Revsportz.

The former BCCI President additional said that Pant is wanting very assured about enjoying within the 2024 version of the IPL, which is sweet information for each DC and Team India.

“I met him (Rishabh) in Bangalore recently for the inaugural game of WPL. He was there. He is getting ready and hopefully will play in IPL 2024. He looked very confident about playing in the IPL 2024 which begins from March 22. And that’s seriously good news for us in Delhi and India,” the previous left-hand batter added.

Pant has represented DC since 2016 and scored 2,838 runs in 98 matches at a median of 34.61 and a strike price of over 147, with a century and 15 fifties to his title.

The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set to conflict with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a South Indian derby at MA Chidambaram Stadium.

The schedule till April 7 has been introduced as of now, with the rest to be declared later due to the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the dates for that are but to be introduced.

Delhi Capitals shall be enjoying their house fixtures at Vizag on March 31 and April 3 in opposition to CSK and Kolkata Knight Riders, respectively. Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium is not going to be out there to host the matches simply days after internet hosting the Women’s Premier League closing on March 17.

DC’s different fixtures until April 7 embody a March 28 match in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur and in opposition to the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on April 7.