The much-awaited cricketing extravaganza,The IPL 2024,is about to begin.Ten top teams will fight for the ultimate prize.There is quite a bit excitement among the fans as they will enjoy watching the best players in the world showcasing their talents to the best of their abilities.
Delhi Capitals have plenty of work to do this season because of their shambolic performances last season. They finished 9th on the table last year. Franchise captain and prodigious batter Rishab Pant is back this season after missing the IPL 2023 because of a horrific car accident. All eyes will be on Pant, how he emerges from the trauma of a life-threatening accident. Here we will look at the 5 players who could really make a difference for their team in IPL 2024.
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Rishab Pant (DC Captain,IPL 2024)
As we have discussed above,Rishab Pant will be the center of attention,when DC’s face Kings XI Punjab in their first game of the season on 23rd march. Pant has gone through a lot in last year or so. His doctors feared that he may well never play cricket again.But Pant’s determination and hard work has paid off and here he is leading his franchise again.
DC possess explosive top order in David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh and Pant himself in IPL 2024. But with Harry Brook not playing due to personal reasons,middle order doesn’t look good.Fast bowling department has also dealt a blow with injury to Lungi Ngidi. Anrich Nortje is also a doubt. It will be a challenging task for Pant to get the balance of his team right. His batting exploits will also be of paramount importance to his team.
David Warner (DC Batter,IPL 2024)
Last season David Warner captained the DC side in the absence of Rishab Pant. Although team had a disappointing season but Warner was the most consistent performer for DC. He scored 516 runs in 14 games at an impressive average of 36.86 with sic fifty plus scores.
This season DC will expect similar impact from the Australian great. Warner is the one of the best batter of his generation. His exploits at the top of the order will be crucial to DC getting the big totals. Warner is also one of the best fielder around. His catching is of top drawer. DC are lucky to have the player of Warner’s caliber in their lineup.
Mitchell Marsh (DC All-Rounder, IPL 2024)
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been in brilliant form for his country in last year or so. He played a crucial role in Australia’s retention of the Ashes series. Marsh was also instrumental in Australia’s ODI World Cup success last year where he scored 441 runs at the average of 49 and scored two hundreds. DC will hope that Marsh bring that form into the IPL for them.He hasn’t had much success down the years in IPL.
Last year he scored only 128 runs in 9 games for DC and got 12 wickets with his medium fast bowling. In IPL2024,Marsh’s bowling will be handy too. DC fast bowling resources have been weakend because of injury to Lungi Ngidi.Anrich Nortje is also not fully fit yet.Marsh could prove to be X-factor for DC this season.
Kuldeep Yadav (DC Spinner, IPL 2024)
Left arm wrist spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, had a stellar year for his national side. He was the highest ODI wicket-taker in calendar year 2023 with 49 wickets in just 30 matches for India. Though his IPL numbers were disappointing last season.He got only 10 wickets in 14 games for DC.
With seasoned spinner Axar Patel in the side for containing the opposition’s run-scoring,Kuldeep’s wicket taking ability makes him the trump card for his team. Kuldeep has the ability to bamboozle any batter in the world with his skill and trickery. He will be quite handful on pitches providing a little bit turn and bounce. If DC aspire to reach the latter stages of the IPL2024, Kuldeep will have to play a starring role
Anrich Nortje (DC Fast Bowler,IPL 2024)
Anrich Nortje joined DC in 2020 as a injury replacement for Chris Woakes. He had an immediate impact picking up 22 in 16 games. Since then he hasn’t played a full season for the team due to various injury issues.Last year he played 10 games and got 10 wickets.
In IPL 2024 too there is an injury cloud looming large on his availability. Nortje only recently returned from a long injury lay off and played a few games in South Africa domestic t20 competition. After injury to Ngidi,Nortje’s availability is of paramount importance for the DC. Nortje has the pace to rattle any batting lineup in the IPL.He is one of the fastest bowlers in the competition. He has to be firing at all cylinders if DC want to turn things around this season.
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