IPL 2022: Captain Rishabh Pant joins Delhi Capitals squad alongwith teammate Axar Patel
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Rishabh Pant and all-rounder Axar Patel were among Delhi Capitals players who have joined the squad ahead of the upcoming IPL season beginning on March 26.
Captain Rishabh Pant joined the Delhi Capitals squad along with all-rounder Axar Patel in Mumbai ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season beginning on March 26. Shardul Thakur, KS Bharat, Kuldeep Yadav and Prithvi Shaw were the other DC players who joined their squad on Wednesday.
"Pant, Axar Patel, KS Bharat, Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav assembled at the team hotel in Mumbai," a media statement issued by the franchise stated on Wednesday.
It said batter Prithvi Shaw, all-rounder Shardul Thakur and left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav 'will undergo a mandatory 3-day quarantine before stepping out of their rooms.'
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Pant, Axar and Bharat underwent a direct bubble-to-bubble transfer. They were earlier in the Indian team bubble for the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka. Earlier on Tuesday, the Capitals appointed former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as an assistant coach for the upcoming season of the league.
The 40-year-old joins the DC coaching staff comprising Ricky Ponting (Head Coach), Pravin Amre (Assistant Coach), Ajit Agarkar (Assistant Coach) and James Hopes (Bowling Coach).
"The IPL, the best T20 tournament in the world. I've got incredible memories as a player, first of all with Rajasthan Royals winning it in 2008, led by the incredible man Shane Warne, RCB and then CSK," Watson said in a statement issued by DC.
