As such, The Delhi Capitals are one win away from securing a place in the IPL 2021 playoffs, and if they do. It will be the Ricky Ponting-coached franchise’s third consecutive season in the final four. The team, who was previously known as the Delhi Daredevils. It has been steadily growing and reached its first IPL final last season, losing to Mumbai Indians in the championship match. Under the direction of the young Shreyas Iyer, the team reached unprecedented heights.
However, due to a shoulder injury, the middle-order batsman was ruled out of the first portion of the season. Which was also played in India in April and May. In his absence, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was given the captaincy and the swashbuckling batsman delivered. Then leading the team to first place until the league was postponed earlier this year because of the catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 in India.
After regaining fitness, Iyer was able to rejoin the club when the league resumed in the UAE earlier this month. The team, however, elected to keep Pant as captain for the remainder of the season. Tand the results have been just as good as they were in the first half. Delhi had a chance to qualify for the playoffs but a loss to Kolkata Knight Riders meant they would have to wait even longer.
Rishabh Pant
Captain Rishabh Pant hit a solid 39 against KKR, breaking a long-standing record held. By previous DC captain and Team India icon Virender Sehwag while in the middle. Sehwag had been the franchise’s leading run-scorer for a long time, with 2382 runs in 85 innings. Pant passed Sehwag on Tuesday and currently has 2390 runs in 75 innings, which puts him in the first place. So far, Pant has a century and 14 fifties for the franchise. During his time in DC, Sehwag scored a century and 17 fifties.
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