Rishabh Pant’s captaincy abilities will probably be underneath scrutiny as Delhi Capitals (DC) put together to face two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of their subsequent Indian Premier League (IPL) conflict on Sunday on the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Former Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer is main Kolkata’s squad throughout IPL 2022, making this sport all of the extra essential for the Delhi lad. To make the issues worse for the younger captain, his facet is struggling to click on as a unit and they’ll come right here on the again of two consecutive defeats.

Iyer, in the meantime, couldn’t have requested for a greater begin to his captaincy stint with Kolkata. The Shah Rukh Khan-co-owned franchise is main the IPL factors desk with six factors underneath their belt from 4 video games. They have gained their final two video games on the trot with their most up-to-date victory coming in opposition to Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI). Kolkata’s solely defeat of this season got here in opposition to Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) final month.