The entire Delhi Capitals squad celebrated Holi with colors at the team hotel in Mumbai on Friday. In a video released by Delhi Capitals on Twitter, we can see Rishabh Pant saying, "Welcome to Delhi Capitals! Let's play Holi."
This is followed by the entire team playing Holi. Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, and other DC teammates were seen with their faces filled with various colors of Holi.
Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) is set to begin on March 26, 2022. The players are having practice sessions since the last week. The Holi celebration in the Delhi unit would certainly calm some nerves of the youngsters in the side.
WATCH the video of the Delhi Capitals playing Holi here:
People are geared up to celebrate Holi this year after festivities remained muted for almost two years due to pandemic. Thursday marked the first day of the colour festival observed as Chhoti Holi or Holika Dahan.
Delhi Capitals were one of the busiest teams in the auction. The loss of Dhawan will not affect them so much as they acquired David Warner at a bargain price (INR 6.25 crore) who could turn out to be the buy of the tournament.
Delhi Capitals (DC): Rishabh Pant (R), Prithvi Shaw (R), Anrich Nortje (R), Axar Patel (R), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin Hebbar, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Vicky Ostwal