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Xtra Time Web Desk: Star Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is likely to watch Delhi Capitals first home game in ongoing IPL 2023 season against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. He might also sit in the dug-out if the franchise can secure requisite permission from the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

“Rishabh has always been an integral part of Delhi Capitals. There is a high possibility that he will be present for the season’s first home game against GT on Tuesday. He will be in the team owner’s box but if ACSU allows, he might also sit for some time in the team dug-out,” an IPL source privy to the development in the Capitals’ camp told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

Pant met with a horrific car accident last December which has ruled him out of competitive cricket for a considerable period. He has undergone a surgery on his right knee and has just started walking and doing his rehabilitation.

In the opening game against Lucknow Super Giants, the DC team had hung their skipper’s jersey No. 17 on the roof of the dug-out as a gesture that he is “always with the team in spirit”.

The Delhi Capitals management will also be honouring Pant by inscribing his jersey number on all the players jerseys during one of the games in IPL 2023 when the team will wear a different colour. However, the jersey number will be inscribed in one corner and it will not be an infringement with the players’ individual jersey numbers.