Delhi Capitals played the first match of IPL 2023 against KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday night in the absence of Rishabh Pant. Pant, who was ruled out of the tournament due to a car accident in December, is being missed a lot by the fans including the support staff against DC. In such a situation, the fans are missing his presence in the dug out. On Saturday night, Delhi Capitals made Rishabh Pant a part of their dug out in a special way and the fans are appreciating this gesture of the team.
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Actually, Delhi Capitals kept Rishabh Pant’s jersey number 17 in the dug out during the match and in this special way he was seen with the team. Many fans also got emotional seeing this moment.
David Warner touched a new record in the case of 50 plus innings in IPL, became the first batsman to do so
Delhi got a crushing defeat
David Warner-led Delhi Capitals started IPL 2023 on a losing note, being routed by Lucknow Supergiants by a margin of 50 runs in their very first encounter. Batting first, SSG put 193 runs on the board in the stipulated 20 overs on the back of a blistering half-century from Kyle Mayers.
So because of this, Rohit did not go to the ‘photo shoot’ of IPL captains, coach Boucher gave a big update on the fitness of ‘Hitman’ and Archer.
In front of this score, the Delhi team was able to score only 143 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. David Warner definitely played an inning of 56 runs, but he could not win the team. The hero of the victory of Lucknow Super Giants was Mark Wood, who broke the back of Delhi Capitals by taking 5 wickets. Lucknow has reached the top of the points table with this win.
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