VIVO IPL 2021: Rishabh Pant Selected as Captain to lead Delhi Capitals in the forthcoming VIVO IPl 2021. The decision has been taken and confirmed by the franchise on Tuesday due to the injury of Shreyas Iyer. Previously Shreyas was appointed as captain of the Delhi Capitals for the IPL 2021. In recent, Shreyas Iyer got a serious injury during the India Vs England ODI series. So Delhi Capitals have to appoint a new captain for the 14th IPL that is scheduled to start on 9 April 2021.
Rishabh Pant Selected as Captain of Delhi Capitals
In the first ODI of India Vs England ODI series, Shreyas Iyer was serious injured on his left shoulder. His injury is very serious so he would not be able to play in VIVO IPL 2021. Therefore Delhi Capital finalized Risabh Pant as Captain for the upcoming mega India Premier League.
Rishabh Pant is an India young middle-order wicket-keeper batsman of India. His date of birth is 4 October 1997. He was first time selected in the Indian under-19 team in 2016. In the under-19 cricket world cup, he made a half-century on just in 18 balls only. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant got his first opportunity in 2016 when Delhi Capital brought him for Rs. 1.9 crore. In the IPL 2016, he made 69 runs from 40 balls in on his third IPL match against Gujrat Lions.
Rishabh Panth Carrer/ Stat in IPL
| Match | Runs | Wickets |
| 14 | 343 | 0 |
Rishabh Panth Bating Stat in IPL
| Year | Match | Runs | Highest Run | Avg Run |
| 2020 | 3 | 343 | 56 | 31.18 |
| 2019 | 3 | 488 | 78* | 37.53 |
| 2018 | 3 | 684 | 128* | 52.61 |
| 2017 | 0 | 366 | 97 | 26.14 |
| 2016 | 2 | 198 | 69 | 24.75 |
| Total | 9 | 2079 | 128* | 35.23 |
