IPL 2022: Rishabh Pant IPL practice – On his first full-time captaincy, captain Rishabh Pant has big shoes to fill after Shreyas Iyer parted ways with the franchise. However, ominous with his captaincy responsibilities, Rishabh Pant continued his six-hitting form at DC nets. While it was his first training session ahead of IPL 2022, he already planned to give newcomers specific roles during the campaign. Follow IPL 2022 updates on Insidesport.in.
“It seems like the team has been made for the first time. I observed every player during my first practice session with the team and it looks like everybody is in a good frame of mind. Everybody is enjoying each other’s company,”
IPL 2022: Full-time captain Rishabh Pant begins practice, focuses on SPECIFIC roles for players in first interview as captain- Watch video
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The wicketkeeper-batter also spoke to the new players about the DC team environment, “At the moment, we are trying to understand what do the new players need during nets sessions. We are discussing the roles the players can take up during matches and the kind of team environment we would like to set up. We have spoken to the new players about the team environment we’ve had in the last few years.”
IPL 2022: Full-time captain Rishabh Pant begins practice, focuses on SPECIFIC roles for players in first interview as captain- Watch video
Speaking about working with Head Coach Ricky Ponting for yet another season, Pant said, “It’s always special meeting Ricky Ponting. Whenever I meet him, it feels like I am meeting a family member. And he always brings the energy out of every player on the field. Everyone looks up to him and waits for him to say something different.”
DC Full Squad: Retained: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Auction Picks: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Abhishek Sharma, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Vicky Ostwal, Sarfaraz Khan
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