NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has spoken his coronary heart out on India batter Rishabh Pant, who met with a life-threatening accident in December final 12 months, saying that they’d wish to have him round within the DC dugout within the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning in March-April.
Speaking on The ICC Review, Ponting mentioned that he has been in contact with Pant in the course of the 25-year-old’s restoration.
India wicket-keeper batter Pant was concerned in a automobile crash on December 30 and suffered a number of critical accidents, nonetheless, he’s making regular progress and is anticipated to make a return to the sector ultimately.
The timeframe on Pant’s return to cricket stays unclear, along with his participation on this season’s IPL not but fully dominated out.
“If he’s actually not physically fit enough to play, we’d still love to have him around. He’s the sort of cultural leader around the group, being the captain, and that attitude and infectious smile and laugh he has is what we all love so much about him,” Ponting mentioned.
“I absolutely love the bloke, I told him that on the phone the last couple of days. It was a horrifying time, a really scary time for everybody, let alone him. Anyone that knows him loves him – he’s a really infectious young guy that has the world at his feet still. So we will keep our fingers crossed and hope that he can get back to playing sooner rather than later,” Ponting advised The ICC Review.
“If he’s actually able to travel and be around the team, then I want him sitting beside me in the dugout every day of the week. I’ll certainly be making sure, come the middle of March when we get together in Delhi and start our camps and stuff, if he’s able to be there, then I want him around the whole time,” mentioned the Aussie legend.
However, it’s deemed extraordinarily unlikely that DC skipper Pant will play within the IPL 2023 with the top coach Ponting already other ways to make up for the lack of his star participant.
“You can’t replace those guys, simple as that. They don’t grow on trees, players like that. We’ve got to look at – and we already are – a replacement to come into the squad, a wicketkeeper-batter,” Ponting mentioned.
(With inputs from ANI)
Speaking on The ICC Review, Ponting mentioned that he has been in contact with Pant in the course of the 25-year-old’s restoration.
India wicket-keeper batter Pant was concerned in a automobile crash on December 30 and suffered a number of critical accidents, nonetheless, he’s making regular progress and is anticipated to make a return to the sector ultimately.
The timeframe on Pant’s return to cricket stays unclear, along with his participation on this season’s IPL not but fully dominated out.
“If he’s actually not physically fit enough to play, we’d still love to have him around. He’s the sort of cultural leader around the group, being the captain, and that attitude and infectious smile and laugh he has is what we all love so much about him,” Ponting mentioned.
“I absolutely love the bloke, I told him that on the phone the last couple of days. It was a horrifying time, a really scary time for everybody, let alone him. Anyone that knows him loves him – he’s a really infectious young guy that has the world at his feet still. So we will keep our fingers crossed and hope that he can get back to playing sooner rather than later,” Ponting advised The ICC Review.
“If he’s actually able to travel and be around the team, then I want him sitting beside me in the dugout every day of the week. I’ll certainly be making sure, come the middle of March when we get together in Delhi and start our camps and stuff, if he’s able to be there, then I want him around the whole time,” mentioned the Aussie legend.
However, it’s deemed extraordinarily unlikely that DC skipper Pant will play within the IPL 2023 with the top coach Ponting already other ways to make up for the lack of his star participant.
“You can’t replace those guys, simple as that. They don’t grow on trees, players like that. We’ve got to look at – and we already are – a replacement to come into the squad, a wicketkeeper-batter,” Ponting mentioned.
(With inputs from ANI)