Watch: Rishabh Pant Attends DC's First IPL 2023 Home Match Against GT

04.04.2023 - 14:59 sports.ndtv.com

Delhi Capitals had a special guest in Rishabh Pant at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday during their first home match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 against the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans.

The DC regular skipper and wicketkeeper-batter is currently recovering from injuries that sustained in a car accident late last year.

Pant could be seen arriving at the venue in a car and then slowly walked towards the stand. Later, he was photographed watching the match from the stands. Watch: Rishabh Pant Attends Delhi Capitals' First IPL 2023 Home Match #WATCH | Cricketer Rishabh Pant arrives at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi as his team Delhi Capitals faces Gujarat Titans here.

pic.twitter.com/Gx7l2oYrfi Happy to see Delhi's own superstar #RishabhPant in the stands, supporting his team at home. Lovely how the franchise has come to support Pant in his tough days.

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Delhi Capitals (DC) occupy the bottom spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 points after failing to register a win in their first four games of the season so far. Nothing is going right for the David Warner-led side and the team's think-tank is struggling to stem the rot that has set in. On Saturday, DC need to fire as a unit if they have to effect a turnaround as they gear up to clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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