IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals Practice – The Delhi Capitals have begun their preparation for Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) by holding a practise session in Kolkata. The practice session was headed by former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly who reportedly joined the franchise as director of cricket. The likes of Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Khaleel Ahmed & others joined DC camp in Delhi ahead of official session. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
The franchisee shared images and videos of their IPL 2023 preparations on the Instagram story handle. Prithvi Shaw looked at his best while batting, Chetan Sakariya who won Ranji Trophy with Saurashtra looked brilliant with the ball in the nets. The left arm pacer was captured bowling a Yorker to one of his teammate. David Warner was recently appointed as the skipper of the Delhi Capitals with Rishabh Pant unavailable for the current season.
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IPL 2023: Sourav Ganguly heads Delhi Capitals practice session in Kolkata, Manish Pandey, Khaleel Ahmed & others join DC camp in Delhi ahead of official session, Check OUT
Delhi Capitals hold practice session without Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant is recovering from severe injuries he suffered during the accident in December last year. Indian all-rounder Axar Patel will be David Warner’s deputy. following his brilliant show for Team India. Warner has the experience of leading an IPL franchise, as he was the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad and also led the side to their maiden IPL title in the year 2016.
The Australian is currently back home after fracturing his elbow following a Mohammed Siraj bouncer in the IND vs AUS 2nd Test in Delhi. However he is expected to be back in time for IPL 2023. Manish Pandey was acquired by Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs2.40 crore during the Indian Premier League 2023 Auction. In IPL 2022, Pandet played for Lucknow Super Giants, but only managed to score 88 runs in six games.
IPL 2023: Sourav Ganguly heads Delhi Capitals practice session in Kolkata, Manish Pandey, Khaleel Ahmed & others join DC camp in Delhi ahead of official session, Check OUT
DC are yet to name Pant’s replacement with the franchise’s new director of cricket Sourav Ganguly and head coach Ricky Ponting set to pick the replacement in the next two weeks.
Speaking of Pant’s absence Ponting said, “If he’s (Rishabh) actually not physically fit enough to play, we’d still love to have him around. He’s the sort of cultural leader around the group, being the captain, and that attitude and infectious smile and laughs he has is what we all love so much about him. If he’s actually able to travel and be around the team, then I want him sitting beside me in the dugout every day of the week,”
IPL 2023: Sourav Ganguly heads Delhi Capitals practice session in Kolkata, Manish Pandey, Khaleel Ahmed & others join DC camp in Delhi ahead of official session, Check OUT
Delhi Capitals IPL 2023 Schedule
The Delhi Capitals will get their IPL 2023 campaign underway on April 1 against Lucknow Super Giants. After the first match of the new season away from home, the Capitals will then return to Delhi for their next match against Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi Capital’s final fixture of the groups stage will be on the home turf against the Chennai Super Kings on May 20. Last season Capitals just missed out on the knockout stages of the tournament, finishing fifth in the group stage two points behind RCB.
Delhi Capitals IPL 2023 Full Schedule
Delhi Capitals Full Squad: Rishabh Pant (Ruled Out), 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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