Delhi Capitals assistant coach Matthew Mott provided an update about Faf du Plessis’ injury status ahead of the game against RCB. du Plessis missed the previous game against CSK owing to an injury, and was replaced by Sameer Rizvi in the playing XI. The South African is expected to return to the side as they take on his former team RCB at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.
Faf du Plessis injury update
Speaking at the pre-match press conference, DC coach Mott said that du Plessis was due to get assessed by the physios on Wednesday. He pointed out that DC had enjoyed a good break which had perhaps helped Faf recover.
“He certainly looks like he’s moving a lot better from the naked eye without having a good look at him. So, if he is available or not, I think we can adapt, given the depth we have in our team,” Mott said.
In the absence of du Plessis, Rahul was promoted to the top-order. He aced his role as the opener in the game against CSK with a 77s-run knock.
“He’s a key player for us, but what it did show is the depth that we’ve got and the players’ ability to adapt and come in there. I thought KL [Rahul] in the last game was amazing to come in at short notice and play an innings like that to really set us up for the win,” Mott added.
DC squad for IPL 2025
Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
