Following a crushing defeat to Chandigarh within the fourth spherical of the Ranji Trophy, Delhi has eliminated Himmat Singh as captain. He has been changed by Ayush Badoni, who scored 49 and 1 within the two innings and took 4 wickets on the GMSSS floor in Chandigarh.
Badoni’s first sport as skipper will probably be in opposition to Jharkhand on the Arun Jaitley Stadium starting on Wednesday.
With Himmat struggling for kind this season — he has 182 runs in six innings at 30.33 — the decision-makers have now entrusted Badoni with the duty of reviving Delhi’s middling marketing campaign. It’s presently fourth in Group D, with an insipid show in opposition to Chandigarh prompting additional modifications.
Yash Dhull has been named because the vice-captain in recognition of his spectacular scores at first of this season. In 4 matches, he has racked up two centuries and a fifty. Dhull was Delhi’s captain through the 2022-23 Ranji season however was eliminated after the crew misplaced to Puducherry within the opening sport of the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
Hrithik Shokeen, Shivank Vashisht and Kshitiz Sharma have been dropped from the 18-member squad. Off-spinner Shokeen claimed only one scalp whereas left-arm spinner Vashisht went wicketless on a spin-friendly monitor in Chandigarh. Kshitiz contributed simply 13 runs throughout the 2 innings.
Their spots within the squad have been taken up by Simarjeet Singh, Mayank Gusain and Shivam Sharma. Whereas pacer Simarjeet returns after lacking the final three matches with harm, Gusain is a batting all-rounder who has been doing nicely within the U-23 set-up.
Delhi squad:
Ayush Badoni (captain), Yash Dhull (vice-captain), Himmat Singh, Gagan Vats, Sanat Sangwan, Jonty Sidhu, Anuj Rawat, Sumit Mathur, Siddhant Sharma, Himanshu Chauhan, Cash Grewal, Pranav Rajvanshi, Vaibhav Kandpal, Simarjeet Singh, Shivam Sharma, Aryan Rana, Mayank Gusain, Prince Choudhary.