Hyderabad: Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant recollected his childhood days by playing marbles along with neighbouring kids on Sunday, ahead of the forthcoming Indian Premier League 2024.
As the whole cricketing fraternity awaits Pant’s comeback to competitive cricket, the wicket-keeper batter was seen playing a popular street game in India.
The 26-year-old took to his official Instagram handle to post a video and wrote, "After ages. Quite random in the neighbourhood." The southpaw can be seen enjoying the game with children near his house, covering his face with a scarf to avoid revealing his identity.
Pant, who has played 98 matches for DC, is expected to return to the cricket field in the upcoming cash-rich league. However, there is uncertainty about whether will be able to fulfil the wicket-keeping duties for the franchise.
“The (intra-squad) match was part of assessing his mobility. He has been batting at nets for a while and playing in a practice game was more like an extension of it," a source from Bengaluru-based National Cricket Academy (NCA) was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Earlier, in February, speaking at the event in Melbourne, Australia, DC head coach Ricky Ponting mentioned that Pant is confident about his return to the IPL. However, Pant may not be ready for wicket-keeping duties in the lucrative competition.
"Rishabh is very confident that he's going to be right to play. In what capacity we're not quite sure yet," Ponting commented. "You would have seen all the social media stuff, he's up and about and running well. But in saying that we're only six weeks away from the first game as well. So we're not sure if we'll get wicketkeeping out of him this year," he added.
Pant was injured in a road accident in December 2022 and since then he has been recovering.
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