BREAKING: Priyam Garg pips Abhimanyu Easwaran to Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2023
Bottom-placed Delhi Capitals (DC) on Friday decided to add Priyam Garg to their final squad for IPL 2023, sources in the know confirmed to Sportskeeda. An official announcement will be made soon.
Smarting from five straight losses, it was an insult to a literal injury for DC when fast bowler Kamlesh Nagarkoti was ruled out of the tournament earlier this week with a back injury. The DC management promptly summoned Uttar Pradesh’s Garg and Bengal white-ball skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran for a two-day trial.
Sportskeeda has learnt that the two batters underwent training sessions with the team on Tuesday and Wednesday. It also coincided with a change in the Capitals' fortunes as they registered their first victory of the campaign yesterday, beating the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by four wickets.
However, in a bid to bolster the misfiring batting order, they roped in the former India Under-19 skipper.
It seems like the right move if IPL experience is taken into account. Having been on the fringes of the Indian team, Abhimanyu Easwaran is definitely the more technically sound batter. But Priyam Garg has three seasons of IPL experience behind him.
Right after he finished runners-up at the 2020 Under-19 World Cup, the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) signed the youngster for a whopping ₹1.90 crore. Garg has scored 251 runs from 17 IPL innings, with a modest average and strike rate of 15.69 and 115.14 respectively.
Though Easwaran’s overall T20 numbers are better than those of Garg, it is the exposure to high-pressure situations that has helped the latter edge past in this two-horse race.
Remaining Delhi Capitals (DC) fixtures in IPL 2023
April 24 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
April 29 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
May 2 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Gujarat Giants (GT) - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
May 6 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
May 10 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - MA Chidambaram Stadium
May 13 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) - Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
May 17 - 7:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) - HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
May 20 - 3:30 PM IST - Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi