‘Indian players are gold in IPL’: Sourav Ganguly on Rishabh Pant rejoining Delhi Capitals squad ahead of IPL 2024 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, Director of Cricket for Delhi Capitals, shared his sentiments on Thursday in anticipation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, with star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant rejoining the squad.Pant was absent from IPL 2023 as a result of sustaining a number of accidents in a tragic automotive accident on December 30, 2022.The 51-year-old emphasised that Pant’s return is a big morale enhance for the Delhi Capitals as they method IPL 2024.Ganguly expressed his immense pleasure at having Pant again within the squad.”It is an enormous enhance for Delhi Capitals as a result of Indian gamers are gold within the IPL. Clearly, he has not performed a lot cricket and I hope he will get again to rhythm in a short time. It has been some time since he’s away from aggressive cricket, virtually 17-18 months. He has labored very laborious to make a comeback. He’s assured and needs to play for Delhi Capitals and India. I’m extraordinarily blissful he’s again and hope he will get by way of the season,” Ganguly informed Revsportz.The previous BCCI chief moreover talked about that Pant seems extremely assured about collaborating within the IPL 2024 version, bringing optimistic information for each DC and the Indian nationwide staff.”I met him (Rishabh) in Bangalore just lately for the inaugural sport of WPL. He was there. He’s preparing and hopefully will play in IPL 2024. He appeared very assured about taking part in within the IPL 2024 which begins from March 22. And that is severely excellent news for us in Delhi and India,” the previous left-hand batter added.Pant has represented DC since 2016 and scored 2,838 runs in 98 matches at a median of 34.61 and a strike fee of over 147, with a century and 15 fifties to his identify.The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to begin on March 22, that includes a South Indian derby between defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at MA Chidambaram Stadium.The schedule has been introduced till April 7, with the remaining fixtures but to be declared because of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the dates for that are pending.Delhi Capitals will host their house matches in Vizag on March 31 and April 3 towards CSK and Kolkata Knight Riders, respectively. The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi shall be unavailable shortly after internet hosting the Ladies’s Premier League last on March 17.DC’s different fixtures embody a match towards the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on March 28 and an encounter with the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on April 7.(With ANI inputs)