New Delhi. Delhi Capitals had announced the names of four players retained for IPL 2022, which include the names of Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel and Anrich Nortje. Delhi did not retain players like Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer and showed the way out. The Delhi franchise has retained opener batsman Prithvi Shaw, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who was the captain of the team in IPL 2021, spin all-rounder Axar Patel and fast bowler Anrich in their team.
The Delhi franchise made it clear by retaining Rishabh Pant in their team that he would remain the captain of this team. Although many players will be associated with the team in the mega auction for IPL 2022, but the way Rishabh Pant captained the team this season and he was retained, it seems that the franchise will see him as the long term captain. looking at In IPL 2021, under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, Delhi’s team had made it to the playoffs, performing well, but they missed out on reaching the final.
In IPL 2020, Delhi’s captain was Shreyas Iyer and this team reached the final, but missed out on winning the title. At the same time, Shreyas was injured before IPL 2021 and Rishabh Pant was given the responsibility in his place. After this, he played his responsibility in the best way and Shreyas returned to the team at the start of the UAE leg of this season, yet he was fed only as a batsman in the team. Now by dropping Shreyas, Delhi has given clear indications that their future captain is Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant not only had a good performance as a captain in IPL 2021, besides his performance as a batsman was also good. In 16 matches of this season, he scored 419 runs and played 3 half-centuries.
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