Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Delhi Capitals (DC) on Friday named Australian all-rounder Jake Fraser-McGurk as a substitute for Proteas bowler Lungisani Ngidi. IPL launched an announcement that the South African seamer has been dominated out of the upcoming season because of an damage. It added that Fraser-McGurk joined the Delhi-based franchise along with his reserve value of Rs 50 lakhs.

“Delhi Capitals (DC) named all-rounder Jake Fraser-McGurk as a replacement for Lungisani Ngidi for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Ngidi, who has played 14 IPL matches and has 25 wickets against his name, was ruled out of the TATA IPL 2024 due to injury. Jake Fraser-McGurk has played 2 ODIs for Australia. He joins DC for his reserve price of INR 50 Lac,” IPL acknowledged.

DC will likely be seeking to enhance their efficiency from final season after they completed within the ninth spot with 10 factors. They registered 5 wins and misplaced 9 video games with a detrimental run price of 0.808.

Earlier on Tuesday, BCCI gave a significant replace on Rishabh Pant’s restoration from damage and stated that the wicketkeeper batter has been declared match to participate within the upcoming IPL 2024. He even missed the ICC Cricket World Cup final 12 months at dwelling.

Pant’s addition to the squad will certainly increase the Delhi-based franchise’s momentum forward of the upcoming season. Pant has represented DC since 2016 and scored 2,838 runs in 98 matches at a mean of 34.61 and a strike price of over 147, with a century and 15 fifties to his identify.

The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set to conflict with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a South Indian derby at MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Delhi Capitals will likely be taking part in their dwelling fixtures at Vizag on March 31 and April 3 in opposition to CSK and Kolkata Knight Riders, respectively. Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium won’t be obtainable to host the matches simply days after internet hosting the Women’s Premier League ultimate on March 17. DC’s different fixtures until April 7 embody a March 28 match in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur and in opposition to the Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on April 7.

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