{"id":4424,"date":"2024-03-19T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/rishabh-pant-appointed-delhi-capitals-captain-for-ipl-2024-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:20:22","slug":"rishabh-pant-appointed-delhi-capitals-captain-for-ipl-2024-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/rishabh-pant-appointed-delhi-capitals-captain-for-ipl-2024-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishabh Pant appointed Delhi Capitals captain for IPL 2024 | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108625457,imgsize-76420.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rishabh Pant appointed Delhi Capitals captain for IPL 2024 | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Rishabh Pant appointed Delhi Capitals captain for IPL 2024 | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling keeper-batter <!-- -->Rishabh Pant<!-- --> was on Tuesday appointed the captain of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/delhi-capitals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi Capitals<\/a> for the upcoming season of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Premier League<\/a>, marking a wonderful chapter in his extraordinary comeback journey. <br \/>After escaping a near-fatal car accident in December 2022, Pant was sidelined from cricket for 14 months.<br \/>&#8220;We are delighted to welcome Rishabh back as our captain.Grit and fearlessness have always dictated his brand of cricket, and not surprisingly, even his road to recovery.<br \/>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to see him walk our team out once again as we look forward to a new season with renewed passion, vigour and enthusiasm,&#8221; said DC chairman and co-owner Parth Jindal in a media release.<br \/>The left-hander has been a part of the Capitals pre-season preparatory camp in Visakhapatnam, ahead of their first <!-- -->IPL 2024<!-- --> match against Punjab Kings in Chandigarh on March 23.<br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL<\/a> begins on March 22.<br \/>Earlier, Pant was given clearance by the BCCI to play as a wicketkeeper batter in this year&#8217;s IPL.<br \/>&#8220;After undergoing an extensive 14-month rehab and recovery process, following a life-threatening road mishap on December 30, 2022, near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Rishabh Pant has now been declared fit as a wicket-keeper batter for the upcoming IPL 2024,&#8221; the board had stated in a medical update.<br \/>Delhi head coach <!-- -->Ricky Ponting<!-- --> too had given a thumbs-up for the way Pant was playing at nets during the team&#8217;s camp.<br \/>&#8220;We missed him incredibly last year. The whole tournament missed him. Rishabh brings so much energy to the team. He&#8217;s got that smile on his face, he&#8217;s hitting the ball as good as ever and he tends to lift all of his teammates around him,&#8221; said Ponting.<br \/>Last year&#8217;s Australian veteran David Warner had led the Capitals and they finished ninth in the 10-team league with five wins and nine loses ahead of Sunrisers Hyderabad. <br \/><span class=\"em \">(With inputs from PTI)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling keeper-batter Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday appointed the captain of Delhi Capitals for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, marking a wonderful chapter in his extraordinary comeback journey. 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