Bengal keeper Abhishek Porel replaces injured Rishabh Pant in the Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2023.

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Bengal keeper Abhishek Porel replaces injured Rishabh Pant in the Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2023.

Delhi Capitals are set to sign Bengal wicket-keeper batter Abishek Porel as a replacement for the injured Rishabh Pant for the upcoming IPL 2023.

Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will miss this IPL season due to the injuries he sustained in an accident in December last year. 

Porel has played just 3 T20s in his career so far but somehow has caught the attention of the franchise's think tank who believe that he can be the right man to trust with the role.

The young sensation, Porel has an experience of 16 first-class matches, scoring 695 runs at an average of 30.21.

The Delhi Capitals will kick off their 2023 Indian Premier League campaign against the Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday, April 1 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.