Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini To Characteristic In Inaugural Version Of Delhi Premier League

Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, Harshit Rana will characteristic within the inaugural season of Delhi Premier League (DPL), set to begin within the second half of this month, mentioned Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) chief and league president Rohan Jaitely. The T20 event, which could have each males’s and girls’s matches, will likely be organised on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The franchise public sale for the league was held final Sunday and resulted within the sale of six males’s groups for a complete quantity of Rs 49.65 crore.

“Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, Harshit Rana and different Indian gamers will characteristic within the inaugural season of DPL. I had a chat with Rishabh Pant and he has promised me to take part within the league nevertheless it solely is dependent upon his availability and nationwide commitments. However as of now, he will likely be taking part in. Navdeep and Harshit will even characteristic within the league,” mentioned Jaitely on the trophy inauguration ceremony on Friday.

The inauguration ceremony has a draft of 270 gamers all throughout Delhi, together with nationwide, U-23, U-19.

The model ambassador of the league, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag confirmed his enthusiasm concerning the league and mentioned that it is an ideal alternative for the cricketers who do not get an opportunity within the IPL or nationwide crew.

“The league will certainly be a unbelievable alternative to these gamers who work laborious within the nets and did not get an opportunity in any main event. After I used to play in my youthful days we did not get one of these alternative to play in numerous leagues. Now my son is taking part in I’m glad that he will likely be getting these alternatives, so sure it’s a very nice alternative,” he mentioned.

The primary season of DPL will characteristic a complete of 40 matches, with 33 video games within the males’s class and 7 within the girls’s.

It is going to characteristic six franchises, specifically West Delhi Lions, North Delhi Strikers, South Delhi Superstarz, Purani Delhi-6, Delhi Kings, East Delhi Riders.

The matches will likely be broadcast on Sports activities 18 and stay streamed on JioCinema.

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