IPL 2024: Cricket fans all around the world would be delighted after hearing this news. Rishabh Pant, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, is all set to make a comeback in IPL 2024 as an impact player. The Delhi Wicket keeper was involved in a life-threatening accident when he was going to his home in Roorkee from Delhi in his car, and due to the accident, Rishabh Pant has not been able to play cricket and has missed important tournaments like the IPL 2023, the WTC 2023 Final, the 2023 Asia Cup, and the 2023 ODI World Cup.
According to a news report from RevzSportz, the 26-year-old will feature in next season’s IPL as an impact player. He will come to bat, but he won’t play the role of a wicketkeeper, and if he is not going to keep the wickets, then he may not be the captain of the Delhi Capitals this season as well. David Warner was the captain of the Delhi Capitals last year in place of Rishabh Pant.
The impact player rule made its debut last season in the IPL 2023, and all the teams made use of it. Tushar Deshpade became the first impact player in the history of the IPL in last season’s opener between CSK and the Gujarat Titans. The impact player rule can be used by any IPL franchise during a match at any point in time, and it means that a team can substitute a player of their playing 11 with any of the five substitutes who have to be named during the toss by the captain of the team.
The Delhi Capitals have retained the core of their squad, which includes Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Mitchell Marsh, and Anrich Nortje, and have released the likes of Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan and Mustafizur Rahman from their team ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
The Capitals will head to the IPL 2024 auction with a purse of Rs 28.95 crore. They have to fill nine slots in their squad for next season, and five of those nine slots are overseas slots.
Players Retained By Delhi Capitals
David Warner, Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abhishek Porel and Khaleel Ahmed.
Players Released by Delhi Capitals
Mustafizur Rahman, Sarfaraz Khan, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Priyam Garg, Chetan Sakariya, Phil Salt, Manish Pandey, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
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