IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE – With just two weeks away from the IPL 2022, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are still fretting over foreign players’ availability. As things stand, the two franchises will have to field just two players each in the first week, putting themselves on the back-foot. Follow IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN.
The first few days of IPL will clash with three bilateral series – West Indies vs England, Pakistan vs Australia and South Africa vs Bangladesh. While almost every team is set to be affected by the fixture clash, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants will be the worst hit. Both teams will miss five overseas players at the start of the competition and will have only a couple of foreign stars at their disposal.
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
Check out how the fixture clash will affect DC and LSG:
- Delhi Capitals
Overseas players unavailable for first week – David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Lungi Ngidi
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
Rishabh Pant’s team will miss as many as five players at the start of IPL 2022. Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been selected for the ODI and T20I series against Pakistan and he is set to miss a minimum of three matches, whereas his countryman David Warner is also expected to miss a couple of matches as he will attend the funeral of legendary Australian cricketer Shane Warne, which will be held on 30th March.
Besides that, both Lungi Ngidi and Mustafizur Rahman will compete in the South Africa vs Bangladesh ODI series. Rahman is expected to miss the first game against Mumbai Indians, whereas Ngidi could miss five matches if he is selected in the Test squad. To rub salt to DC’s wounds, Anrich Nortje will also miss a significant chunk of the action as he is yet to recover from his injury.
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
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Overseas players available for first week – Rovman Powell, Tim Seifert
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
Delhi Capitals have only seven overseas players in their team, and with five being unavailable, only two are expected to feature in the first game. Pant will have to rely on West Indian all-rounder Rovman Powell and New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert to deliver the goods.
2. Lucknow Super Giants
Overseas players unavailable for first week – Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock
Like DC, Lucknow Super Giants will also miss five overseas starts at the start of IPL 2022. Two West Indian players in Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers are playing in the Test series against England, which will end on March 29. If selected for the last match, they will miss at least the first two matches.
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Besides that, Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis will feature in the T20I and ODI series against Pakistan and miss four matches, whereas South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock will miss somewhere between one to five matches, depending on the squad South Africa announces for the Test series against Bangladesh. English pacer Mark Wood is recovering from an injury and he too is unlikely to be available for the first week.
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
Overseas players available for first week – Evin Lewis, Dushmantha Chameera
KL Rahul will have only two overseas players at his disposal for the first few matches. West Indian opener Evin Lewis will be available for selection, and so will be Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera.
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
Delhi Capitals Full Squad: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, 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.
Lucknow Super Giants Full Squad: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Ankit Rajput, K Gowtham, Dushmanta Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers.
IPL 2022: DC and LSG in MASSIVE TROUBLE, only TWO overseas players available for first week – Check why?
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