A depleted Delhi Capitals will look to return to profitable methods after they take the sector towards Punjab Kings on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match no. 32 on the Brabourne Stadium – CCI in Mumbai on Monday. Skipper Rishabh Pant received the toss and opted to bowl first towards Punjab.
A complete of six DC members have examined optimistic for Covid-19 up to now. Two of them are Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Siefert. While the previous returned a optimistic take a look at and was hospitalised on Monday, the Kiwi cricketer examined optimistic hours earlier than the conflict towards Punjab Kings, on April 20.
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However, because the BCCI knowledgeable, the sport will go forward as scheduled. Since Marsh hasn’t recovered, he has been changed by batter Sarfaraz Khan.
“We are going to bowl first. It (Covid positive cases in the team) is an unfortunate thing, we are not going to think about it. We will find strength among ourselves. There were parts where we bowled and batted well (in the last match). Sarfaraz comes in for Mitch Marsh,” stated Rishabh Pant after profitable the toss.
Meanwhile, Punjab has obtained a significant increase as captain Mayank Agarwal has returned to the combo after lacking out on the final couple of encounters. At the identical time, Nathan Ellis has added to the enjoying XI, rather than Odean Smith.
“I am fine now, just getting some protection for the shoe. I am in, Ellis comes in for Odean Smith. It’s more of a strategic change. We need to put up our best foot forward and play some good cricket. We have an opportunity to bat first and put up a big score on the board and defend it,” stated PBKS captain Mayank.
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Here are the enjoying XIs:
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed.
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh.
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