IPL 2023: Four First Choice Overseas Players for Delhi Capitals for Their Playing XI

Delhi Capitals will start their campaign on April 1 against the Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 in the absence of their skipper Rishabh Pant. The wicketkeeper-batter met with a terrible car accident in December last year and is still recovering from the injuries after which David Warner will lead the side.

Warner and team management will look to find a combination that can get success even without Rishabh Pant. More importantly, they’ll look to find the right middle-order combination that can win games for them. The Delhi Capitals think tank will also ponder upon selecting the right set of overseas players in their playing XI that can complement the Indian players.

It’s worth noting that, Delhi Capitals will miss the services of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi in the initial games of IPL 2023. Both Nortje and Ngidi will remain with the South African squad for the ODI series against the Netherlands.

On the other hand, Bangladesh players too haven’t received their NOC from BCB as they are part of the squad for the series against Ireland. Thus, Mustafizur Rahman too will remain unavailable for some of the games.

Here’s the list of 4 overseas players who might feature in Delhi Capitals’ playing XI against Lucknow Super Giants on April 1:

1. David Warner

Warner has been one of the most consistent opening batters in the history of the Indian Premier League. He has also proved himself as a captain for his previous franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad leading them to their only title win in the 2016 edition.

The Aussie batter will lead the Delhi Capitals side and will look to create some impact as a leader. He has an exceptional strike rate of 140.69 and DC will expect him to strike with the same intensity in the powerplay overs for them.

2. Mitchell Marsh

Another Australian player who can literally destroy any bowling lineup on his day. Marsh was brilliant with the bat in the ODI series against India where he was adjudged the Player of The Series. Mitchell Marsh will now look to get similar results for his IPL franchise as he’s yet to get success in the cash-rich league.

3. Rovman Powell

Powell will be used by the Delhi Capitals franchise as the match finisher as they don’t have any Indian finishers. Powell can bat along Sarfaraz Khan to strengthen the middle order of DC. Just like most of the Caribbean batters, Rovman Powell has got the strength to hit big sixes in the final few overs. The mighty batter has an excellent strike rate of 149.7 in the 14 IPL games he has played till now and will look to continue with the same rate in IPL 2023.

4. Rilee Rossouw

Rilee Rossouw was picked by DC for a whopping INR 4.6 crore in the IPL 2023 auction. The South African batter had earlier scored a brutal ton against Team India in Indore. The Southpaw then scored a century against Bangladesh in the 2022 T20 World Cup which was the fourth fastest hundred in T20 World Cup history.