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IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant deserves to be in India’s T20 World Cup squad – DC head coach Ricky Ponting

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has pointed out that Rishabh Pant deserves to be in India’s T20 World Cup squad. Pant recently made a comeback to action in the ongoing Indian Premier League after recovering from multiple injuries, which he suffered in a horrifying car accident.

Pant has been leading Delhi Capitals from the front in the ongoing tournament. The left-hander has amassed 194 runs in six matches at an average of 32.33 and a strike rate of 157.72.

The pugnacious southpaw has scored two fifties in the ongoing season and he will look to continue the good show.

Ricky Ponting said while talking to PTI, “Do I believe whether Rishabh should be there in the World Cup squad? Absolutely I do. He deserves to be in that WT20 squad by the end of the IPL, I think we have seen Rishabh play the way we have seen him play in last six seasons of IPL and now back playing for India. If I was picking a team, I would have Rishabh Pant in it every day of the week.”

Ponting revealed Pant was confident of making a comeback in this IPL and has stood up despite multiple challenges.

“A lot of us were skeptical about whether he will play the game again. But he was sure all the way through. He said, ‘Look I am sure I will be back again.’ He was always confident of playing this IPL.”

Pant has definitely put his hat in the ring for the T20 World Cup selection. The DC captain is well known to turn the match on its head with his blistering batting and he would aim to grab his chances. Moreover, he has kept well behind the stumps.

Delhi Capitals will lock horns against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

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