In-form young player being considered by Delhi Capitals for IPL 2024

In their respective positions for the IPL 2024, Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly have been retained by Delhi Capitals. The group appears to have already begun putting together its season-long plan.

Even though the mini-auction that precedes the Indian Premier League (IPL) season often takes place in December or January, the upcoming season is still quite far away. However, the IPL franchises have already begun preparing for the upcoming season of the lucrative competition. Delhi Capitals have begun recruiting players for the upcoming season while teams like Sunriser Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Lucknow Super Giants have changed their head coaches.

Rohan Kunnumal, the winner of the Deodhar Trophy, was just called up for trials. Kunnumal scored 311 runs in six innings for the South Zone team, the eventual champions, averaging 62.2. He finished the competition as the third-highest run-getter, only falling short of his opening partner Mayank Agarwal (341) and Riyan Parag (354) runs. His 123.90 strike rate was also the second-best in the competition among players who scored more over 200 runs, after only Parag. 

Returning to his time with Delhi Capitals, Kunnumal, 25, expressed his happiness at being mentored by former famous cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Pravin Amre. He believes this will advance his career significantly. The training camp for the Delhi Capitals has been excellent. He said that he had the opportunity to speak with Sourav Ganguly and Praveen Amre here. They have been really supportive and have assisted him at nets with a few technological issues. He is hoping that this will have a beneficial impact on his career in the days to come, Rohan said in a statement to PTI. 

While the Deodhar Trophy was going on, Rohan Kunnumal made sure to acknowledge and appreciate his partner Agarwal for constantly assisting him on and off the field. He added that he had to study new things as a member of India A in Bangladesh. It was a pleasure to bat with Mayank Bhai. They have experience batting together because he did so in the Duleep Trophy the previous year. The 25-year-old continued, He (Agarwal) guided him extremely well, explaining how to observe for each ball and assisting him in maintaining mental control when in the center. 

Delhi Capitals concluded IPL 2023 in ninth place with 10 points after picking up 5 victories in 14 games. The Delhi Capitals experienced a significant setback even before the season officially started. Due to the severe accident their full-time captain Rishabh Pant sustained in December of last year, he was forced to sit out the entire season. The IPL 2023 season for Delhi was forgettable under new captain David Warner. For the majority of the game, their batting order failed them. 

Delhi finished the season in ninth position overall. Out of the 14 league games, they could only manage to win five of them. The only batter that had a big game for the Delhi Capitals was captain David Warner. He ended up scoring large runs for the Capitals the majority of the time and did not receive the necessary assistance from the other end.