Rishabh Pant, a star Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, is expected to make his competitive cricket comeback after nearly 15 months as captain of the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL 2024 season.
According to Cricbuzz, Pant has made a full recovery from a tragic vehicle accident in December 2022, and he also played a practice match in Alur.
According to the assessment, Pant has excellent mobility. In the practice game, he hit and ran as well as he had before the injury. According to reports, Rishabh Pant will play as a pure hitter for DC, while another specialist wicketkeeper will be added to their XI.
Pant is now at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), but the DC authorities are sure that the top hitter will be cleared to play in the IPL 2024.
Ricky Ponting hopeful of Rishabh Pant’s comeback in IPL 2024
Ricky Ponting, the head coach of the Delhi Capitals, was also named coach of the MLC team Washington Freedom a few weeks ago. Speaking to media, Ponting stated his enthusiasm over Rishabh Pant potentially returning for the whole IPL 2024 season.
ESPNCricinfo cited him as saying the following:
“Rishabh is very confident that he’s going to be right to play. You would have seen all the social-media stuff, he’s up and about and running well. I’ll guarantee if I asked him now he’ll say, ‘I’m playing every game, I’m keeping every game and I’m batting at No.4.’ That’s just what he’s like, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed. He’s such a dynamic player. He’s obviously our captain. We missed him incredibly last year.”
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting also stated that if Pant was unavailable for DC, David Warner would lead the team in his absence. DC finished tenth in the IPL 2023 season, with only five victories, and felt the impact of Pant’s absence.