Rishabh Pant’s return to Delhi Capitals has sparked debate over the franchise’s ideal batting order, with suggestions that the wicketkeeper-batter could open alongside KL Rahul in the upcoming IPL season. Delhi possess several players who are naturally suited to batting in the top order, including Prithvi Shaw, Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair and Sahil Parakh, making Pant’s role a key selection call for the team management. “I’d love for Rishabh to bat in the top three. If that’s an area Delhi Capitals are looking to address, why not have Pant and Rahul open the batting?
There are so many top-order options in the squad, but not too many clearly defined middle-order batters,” the former India batter told JioStar.
“They already have Vipraj Nigam, who is a leg-spinner and can contribute with the bat. With Axar Patel also in the side, it raises the question of how many specialist spinners Delhi plan to field.
I felt Sunrisers Hyderabad may have benefited more from that trade,” he said.
