Delhi Capitals will play its first match in IPL 2024 against Punjab Kings on March 23.
IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals (DC) Major Changes: The last season of IPL was very disappointing for Delhi Capitals. The team was able to win only 5 out of 14 matches, and was ranked ninth in the points table. After the exit of Rishabh Pant last season, David Warner was given the captaincy of the team, but the team did not get good results under his leadership. Besides, the team’s star players Akshar Patel, Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh were also seen struggling with poor form.
Before the start of IPL 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has declared Rishabh Pant fit. Along with returning to the playing 11, Rishabh Pant will also be seen managing the team brilliantly. This season, Delhi Capitals team will play its first match against Punjab Kings on March 23 in Mohali. Let us tell you what major changes the Delhi Capitals team has made in the IPL 2024 season.
IPL 2024: Take a look at the changes in the Delhi Capitals team-
- Before the IPL 2024 auction, Delhi Capitals had released Riley Rousseau, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan and Priyam Garg.
- The franchise bought Harry Brook (4 crore), Tristan Stubbs (50 lakh), Ricky Bhui (20 lakh), Kumar Kushagra (7.2 crore), Rasikh Dar (20 lakh), Jhay Richardson (5 crore), Sumeet Kumar in the IPL 2024 auction. (1 crore), Shai Hope (75 lakh) and Swastik Chikhara (20).
- Rishabh Pant was badly injured in a car accident, due to which he was out of the last season. Rishabh Pant will be seen returning this season and captaining the team.
- Rishabh Pant will not be completely fit for the role of wicketkeeper. Due to which, in place of Pant, one of Abhishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra and Tristan Stubbs can be seen doing wicketkeeping.
- Ricky Ponting (head coach), Ajit Agarkar (assistant coach), Shane Watson (assistant coach), and Bijju George (fielding coach) form part of the coaching staff of Delhi Capitals.
IPL 2024: Full squad of Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant (captain), Praveen Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Enrique Norkhia, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar. , Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhay Richardson, Sumeet Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chikhara