Delhi Capitals (DC) have been going through a purple patch in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. The team is standing at the top of the table with six victories in eight fixtures. They have managed to find a perfect balance squad looks solid with a perfect blend of batsmen, bowlers, and all-rounders. However, coming in the middle of the tournament, the Delhi-based franchise received a massive blow their hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant got injured.
Rishabh Pant is likely to miss the competition for a minimum of 7 to 10 days as he has suffered a grade 1 hamstring strain. He suffered the injury during the match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and it looks pretty serious as of now. The Delhi management has conveyed the same to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
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Informing about Pant’s injury, an IPL source of Time Now said, “DC had sent the scan reports to BCCI’s medical team as it is mandated by the BCCI for any centrally contracted Indian player. It shows that Pant has a Grade 1 tear.”
Delhi Capitals are ensuring that Rishabh Pant keeping himself in high spirits and the same can be deduced from a Twitter video. In a viral video, the southpaw can be seen walking on the match field with the physiotherapist Patrick Farhart of the DC squad. However, the twist comes when despite being hurt, Pant hits the football hard leaving his physio shocked.
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It was a hilarious incident as the wicketkeeper-batsman hit the ball with his leg in flow and wasn’t expecting such a reaction from his physio. With Rishabh Pant not recovering from the injury completely, the DC physio was looking in shock after he kicked the ball. Here’s the video:
Pant 😂 pic.twitter.com/QhBDFu8n55
— Bharath (@carromball_) October 14, 2020
Rishabh Pant’s absence for a few days can be a major headache for the team management and the skipper as it will massively hamper DC’s team balance. The absence of Pant from playing XI means that Australia’s young gun Alex Carey will have to keep the gloves. Thus, Shimron Hetmyer will also distance himself from the game and will have to make way for Ajinkya Rahane.
However, this can be harmful to the team as they can’t afford to lose two power-hitters at the back-end. Though Carey still remains the favorite wicket-keeper, he has only hit six sixes in 30 T20Is for Australia, which is roughly one six in every five games and is not significant for a finisher in the T20 match.
