Delhi Capitals (DC) coach Ricky Ponting has expressed that he would love to have Rishabh Pant involved this season with the squad and have him be a presence at the home matches of the franchise in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Pant was ruled out of the competition due to the car crash he was involved in December last year, which forced him to undergo surgery to recover from the injuries.

The India wicketkeeper is slowly recovering from his injuries but was ruled out of IPL 2023 and was replaced by David Warner as the captain of the team. As per the quotes in News 18, Ricky Ponting said that he had a conversation with the wicketkeeper and is hoping to have him involved during the season. The DC coach said he would like to have Pant to be present at the home games for the franchise.

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Expressing the concerns, Ricky Ponting said, “I have spoken to Rishabh a bit. We are hoping to get him involved this season. I’d love to have him at all our home games. Having him in our dugout or our change room will be very special.”

Ponting also came in support of Warner to do a great job as the skipper, despite the Australian opener struggling for form in recent times.

Elaborating the same, Ricky Ponting said, “However, David Warner will do a great job. He has been a successful franchise cricket captain in the past. He’s excited to lead the team as well.”

Ponting also opened up about his talks with DC’s director of cricket, Sourav Ganguly, and said it was a lot of fun to work with the former BCCI President.

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Talking about the experience, Ricky Ponting said, “I have spoken to Sourav about the players we’ve got, possible line-ups, possible keepers and things like that. He has always got some good things to say to the players during training. It was a lot of fun to work with him in 2019 and we won a lot of games.”