Rishabh Pant’s jersey number could be on T-shirts and caps of every Delhi Capitals player, suggested by head coach Ricky Ponting as a tribute to him

Delhi Capitals Captain: IPL 2023 is about to begin. There is one player in this IPL season, who is going to be missed by his team, coach and fans as well as cricket fans around the world. The name of this player is Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant was seriously injured in a car accident. Because of this, Pant has not been able to play cricket for the last several months and has now been ruled out of the entire IPL season as well.

Rishabh Pant is the captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL and is an important player of the team. This time the entire team of Delhi Capitals is missing Rishabh Pant. Especially Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting is missing his captain Pant the most. He believes that no one can fill the gap of Pant.

Ricky Ponting said that Rishabh Pant is the heart and soul of our team. Ricky Ponting while addressing the media said that if he is not able to play the match, he should at least be present with us in the dugout and even if this is not possible, we would like to make him a part of the team in every possible way. . We can mention his jersey number on our shirt or cap. We just have to tell everyone whether he (Pant) is with us or not but he will always be our captain.

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According to media reports, Ponting further said that Pant’s absence is a big loss for the team and it will not make any difference who we bring in his place in the team. We will miss him anyway. In the absence of Pant in this IPL season, the immediate captain of Delhi Capitals is David Warner.

Apart from this, Delhi has the option of Phil Sholt of England for wicketkeeping. At the same time, training sessions are also being given to uncapped wicketkeepers Lavnith Sisodia, Sheldon Jackson, Abhishek Porel and Vivek Singh. Any one of these wicketkeepers can be included in the team as a replacement for Pant.

According to media reports, Ponting has accepted that no matter who joins the team, no one can replace Rishabh Pant. He said that players like Sarfaraz Khan and Yash Dhul can get a chance to play in the middle order. We have Rovman Powell and Akshar’s batting has also improved a lot, so we will try to find a cover in place of Rishabh Pant.

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