IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals May Get A Shock

It will just take some time for Warner to get fit. This poses no threat to his participation in IPL 2024 and the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, to be held in the West Indies and the USA.

Now, less than a month is left before IPL 2024 starts. Even before this, problems have arisen for the Delhi Capitals team. David Warner was injured before the last match of the T20 series against New Zealand. He suffered a groin injury before the third T20 and will not be able to play the final game. This is Warner's last bilateral T20 series. After this, Australia does not have to play any bilateral T20 series, and the team will directly participate in the T20 World Cup, which will be held in June. The Australian team is currently leading 2-0 in the three-match T20 series.

Warner may recover soon.

However, the physio says that it will just take some time for Warner to get fit. This poses no threat to his participation in IPL 2024 and the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, to be held in the West Indies and the USA. Warner also did not play in the second T20, in which Australia won by 72 runs. Team officials had claimed that David had been rested.

Warner did not play even in the second T20.

The 37-year-old Warner was seen on the field during the second T20 and was even caught for the pre-match discussion. He should have fulfilled the responsibility of the 12th player. Before the series, Warner had talked about the wrong attitude of New Zealand fans. Warner was booed after being dismissed for 32 runs in the opening match of the series at Sky Stadium in Wellington last Wednesday. He responded by giving a flying kiss to the fans.

Only Smith will be seen opening.

In the absence of David Warner, Steve Smith will be given the responsibility of opening. Travis Head will be opening with them. In this series, the Australian team has come under the captaincy of Mitchell Marsh. It is believed that the team will be seen playing under his captaincy in the T20 World Cup also. However, Matt Short is also on the squad, and with the upcoming Test series starting next week, it will be interesting to see what game plan Australia comes up with for the final match. At the same time, the New Zealand team will enter the third T20 without Devon Conway, who suffered a thumb injury while keeping wickets in the second match.

Australia T20 squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh English, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.

New Zealand T20 squad: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Mitchell Santner (captain), Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Jacob Duffy.