IPL Auction is done for the upcoming season and Franchises Strengthen their squads.
Delhi Capitals who only need 5 slots to fill up had made some smart purchases in IPL Auction, thry bought Emerging Indian Pacer Mukesh Kumar at price of 5.5 Crores who was also with them last tear as net bowler.
Delhi also signed Manish Pandey at 2.4 Crores to strengthen their middle order.
They bought South African batter Rilee Rossouw at 4.6 Crores and English Wicketkeeper Batter Philip Salt at 2 Crores.
They brought back Veteran Indian Fast Bowler Ishant Sharma.
Speaking about the exciting additions to the squad, Delhi Capitals Chairman & Co-Owner Parth Jindal said, “We’ve been able to improve our squad from last season by adding experienced players such as Ishant Sharma and Manish Pandey. And with the exciting additions of Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, and Mukesh Kumar, we have a very well-balanced squad. I think we have the team to go a couple of steps further than where we finished last season.”
Jindal added that he was particularly thrilled for Mukesh Kumar, “From being a net bowler for us to getting an India A call-up, Mukesh has come a long way. Our coaching staff had told me that he was consistently troubling all our top-order batters in the nets last season. He will provide unbelievable support to Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.”
Meanwhile, DC Chairman & Co-owner Kiran Kumar Grandhi expressed, “We were looking for back-ups for the players we already had in our squad going into the Mini-Auction. I am quite happy with how the evening went for us and I think we have a good side. Hopefully, we can perform much better than last season.”
“A lot of planning goes into where the IPL is organized. We’ll go back to the original format of home and away in the next season so we picked players according to where we will be playing.”
Delhi Capitals’ squad for IPL 2023:
Pant (C), Shaw, Marsh, Rovman, Dhull, Warner, Nortje, Sarfaraz, Salt, Rossouw, Pandey, Axar, Lalit, Ostwal, Ripal Patel, Kuldeep, Khaleel, Lungi, Sakariya, Praveen Dubey, Mustafizur, Aman Khan, Mukesh Kumar and Ishant.
