Rishabh Pant is anchor of Delhi Capitals ship

 

Delhi Capitals is the team who has good Indian players base same as KKR in Indian Premier League. They have qualified for playoffs but failed to go further. However, they have very good T20 batsman and wicketkeeper as their captain. Rishabh Pant can lead Delhi Capitals in next few years in Indian Premiere League. Shreyas Iyer will not be retained and will be released for mega auction pool of players.

Choice will be very tough for Delhi Capitals for retention looking at their pool of players. They picked good players at good prices and they performed well for Delhi Capitals. One such example is Anrich Nortje. His performance proved phenomenal during last few seasons of Indian Premiere League. He will be second pick for retention.

Delhi Capitals has very good opening pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw. It is left-right combination at opening and both players are very aggressive in power play. If Delhi Capitals want to retain both of them, it is possible. However, retention amount for keeping them both will be high. Shikhar Dhawan comes with international cricket experience and he is more experienced than Prithvi Shaw. With amount to be put in for retention, it is good to retain Shikhar Dhawan and try to pick Prithvi Shaw or opening batsman from mega auction.

Next retention can be in spinners or in all-rounders. Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin are part of this selection. Based on recent performances, experience, Marcus Stoinis will be fourth retention. He can be utilized from 5 to 7 numbers and he is match winner. He can also be fifth bowler for the team and can give good balance to the team.

Possible Retention – Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Anrich Nortje, Marcus Stoinis