IPL 2023: Sourav Ganguly Delhi Capitals – Ousted BCCI President Sourav Ganguly returns to cricket after three months of absence. He will become the head of all cricketing operations of the JSW-GMR-owned franchise. He was the mentor for Delhi Capitals back in IPL 2019. But the former India captain had to vacate the position when he took charge of BCCI. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
With that, Ganguly will reunite with his former colleague and rival Ricky Ponting at Delhi Capitals. Ponting will continue to be the head coach. But unlike last time, Ganguly will be in charge of monitoring entire cricket operations including scouting program of DC.
IPL 2023: Ex-BCCI supremo Sourav Ganguly returns to Delhi Capitals as Head of Cricket, to be in-charge of all cricketing affairs, Follow LIVE Updates
“He has worked with the franchise, shares a good comfort level with owners and if he would have worked in IPL, it would have always been with DC,” an IPL source tracking developments told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
It is understood that Delhi Capitals’ recent auction picks had both head coach Ricky Ponting and Ganguly’s footprints.
Ganguly and Ponting’s 2nd innings together will begin with the identification of their new captain for IPL 2023. With Rishabh Pant out fo IPL 2023 after suffering a horrific car crash, DC need a temporary new captain.
The most senior player with captaincy experience, David Warner, would assume the leadership role. Manish Pandey is another choice, but it seems unlikely given that he recently joined the team. In any event, DC won’t reveal the new captain until near the competition.
Delhi Capitals lack a qualified backup keeper to replace Pant in their team.
They do have Sarfaraz Khan, but he has only played sporadically and is not confirmed to start for Delhi’s XI. Khan has some experience keeping wickets in domestic cricket. Another possible option on the DC roster is Phil Salt, but Salt doesn’t play regularly for his home or Hundred clubs either, so adding Salt in the middle order would throw off the overseas lineup.
IPL 2023: Ex-BCCI supremo Sourav Ganguly returns to Delhi Capitals as Head of Cricket, to be in-charge of all cricketing affairs, Follow LIVE Updates
Delhi Capitals Squad IPL 2023: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw.
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