New Delhi: Mactal Delhi Management has more or less decided to survive with the star Wicketkeeper-Batsman Rishabh Pant as captain of the franchise for the remaining Indian Premier League starting September 19 in the United Arab Emirates.
Pants were appointed as the capital captain at the beginning of the season after the regular captain Shreyas Iyer, under who the team reached the final for the first time in the last edition, out because of the shoulder dislocation that needed an operation.
Senior BCCI source, who knows the secrets of the IPL franchise, PTI information that the announcement is a mere formality because the officers are broken-upsman are the first choice for franchising.
“Last week, the host broadcaster (Star Sports), with the help of IPL management, fired several promos for this season.
It was shot in the gap between the third and fourth test (against England) with Captain IPL currently present in England.
Virat Kohli ( RCB), Rohit Sharma (MI), KL Rahul (Punjab Kings) is there and so is Rishabh Pant (DC), “Information Sources.
“Unless the BCCI-IPL management is aware of another name from the captain for the DC franchise, the promo will not be shot.
Therefore DC announces it now or after a few days, pants tend to lead DC for the rest suitable in the season.” It cannot be ascertained independently.
England’s white ball captain Eoin Morgan was also present for filming because he was captain Kolkata Knight Riders.
It would be interesting to see what type of equality and Iyer will have as captain and senior player in Delhi’s settings.
For pants, this IPL will also be a vehicle to return to the form after what becomes a British summer nightmare with Willow.
The good IPL is just a kind of encouragement that needs to be held to the T20 World Cup which will be held in the same country.
For Iyer, the process he arranged as captain and becoming a recipe for extraordinary DC turnaround changes will motivate to produce star performances.
The capital currently led a table with 12 points from eight matches, followed by CSK in second place with 10 points and RCB in third place due to the inferior run-net exchange rate.
Mumbai Indians is currently fourth with eight points.