"rishabh-pant"

While Nishant Sandhu comes in as a replacement for Axar in India D squad, Tushar Deshpande ruled out of game due to a niggle and his place will be taken by India A's Vidwath Kaverappa

Team management to decide who among KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be India's long-term first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in this format

Sources say that the wicketkeeper-batter, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav will remain with the franchise

The champions will be driven around the city in a specially designed bus, making the occasion a visually spectacular and appropriate celebration of the team's victory.

Both teams had emphatic victories in the semifinals as India knocked out defending champion England with a 68-run win in Guyana and South Africa blew away Afghanistan for 56 runs in Trinidad.

After the match, Pant received a medal from Shastri in the dressing room for his brilliant glovework in the match where he managed to take three brilliant catches.

After fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf both took 3-21 to bowl India out for just 119 in 19 overs, with Rishabh Pant top-scoring with 42 off 31 balls, India clawed their way back thanks to Bumrah's heroic spell, which began with him taking out Mohammad Rizwan.

Choosing to bat first, India posted a challenging 182/5 in 20 overs, powered by Rishabh Pant's blazing 53, Suryakumar Yadav's quick 31 off 18 balls, and Hardik Pandya's unbeaten 40 off 23 balls.

Rohit Sharma will lead India in the showpiece tournament, while Hardik Pandya will be his deputy.

Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday appointed as the captain of Delhi Capitals for the upcoming edition of the IPL

Rishabh Pant missed the IPL 2023 after suffering multiple injuries in a horrific car accident on December 30, 2022

His treating doctor, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dinshaw Pardiwala, was not so optimistic, but Pant put all his worries to bed by simply describing himself as a "miracle man".

Pant has scored 2,838 runs in 98 matches, with an average of 34.61.

Pant survived a near-fatal car crash on December 30, 2022.

Pant miraculously survived a near-fatal car crash on December 30, 2022.

26-year-old Pant miraculously survived a near-fatal car crash on December 30, 2022, en route to his hometown Roorkee. He was airlifted to Mumbai on January 4, 2023, for surgery and recovery.

Pant underwent initial treatment at a hospital in Dehradun and was later airlifted to Mumbai where he was under the care of a specialist consultant brought in by the BCCI.

Despite the setback, Pant, fuelled by his determination to participate in this season's IPL, is giving his all to return to the field.

The Delhi-based franchise expects the 26-year-old to be fully fit before the start of the 17th season of the cash-rich domestic T20 league, according to ESPNcricinfo.

Axar Patel was the preferred choice for selectors in the World Cup. However, Axar sustained an injury during the Asia Cup and was replaced by veteran Ashwin.