All eyes would be on Rishabh Pant when Delhi Capitals take on Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2019 encounter at their home ground in Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi on Thursday. Pant would be on playing first IPL match after not being picked in India\u2019s World Cup squad. Pant has been mum on Dinesh Karthik being favoured over him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are high chances \nthat Pant would come out as the leader of Delhi in the absence of \nShreyas Iyer, who was hit on his right-arm during the training session \non the eve of the crucial encounter. With a good chance of making it to \nthe play-offs, the Capitals would not want to risk their captain if he \nis not a 100 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe support of the coaches Ricky Ponting \nand Sourav Ganguly. Their experience as a captain along with the belief \nthey instill in us is great. At the same time the young boys in our team\n are also getting mature,\u201d said senior player Shikhar Dhawan ahead of \nthe game against Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 10 points from eight games,\n both teams are on course to make the play-offs. While that counts as \nfamiliar territory for three-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians, Capitals\n are in the middle of a remarkable resurgence, having not finished in \nthe top-four since 2012. The celebrated duo of head coach Ricky Ponting \nand mentor Sourav Ganguly has managed to instill belief in the team \nmembers and that is visible on the field. The team now seems to believe \nthat it can win the title after a long spell as the perennial \nunderachiever of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has been a good season for \nus. It\u2019s a clean slate for the Delhi franchise, new name, new \nadminstration, support staff everyone was new. Our team is strong and is\n a balanced side with the overseas and Indian players,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n South African pace combine of Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris have \ndelivered for the team. Even in the previous game against Sunrisers \nHyderabad, the two pacers shared seven wickets to fashion an unlikely \nwin for Capitals who successfully defended 155 by bowling out the hosts \nfor 116.Their batting order looks pretty much settled and there are high\n chances that Delhi Capitals will retain the same combination even \nagainst MI.
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