Massive boost for Delhi ahead of their clash against Lucknow

The Delhi team have played two games in the Indian T20 League this season and have won one of them. They won their season opener against Mumbai by four wickets and lost to Gujarat by 14 runs. Delhi have missed the services of some of their players, but it has now been understood that some of these players are now available for selection.

Shane Watson, the team's assistant coach has now revealed that David Warner and Anrich Nortje will be available for selection for their clash against Lucknow. Notably, Anrich Nortje was recovering from a stress fracture with the team and has now passed the fitness test. Warner, on the other hand, was unavailable due to the rules set by Cricket Australia. All centrally contracted players were made unavailable for the Indian T20 league by CA until the 6th of April.

"David Warner is definitely out of quarantine period now and is available for tomorrow night’s game which is very exciting. Anrich Nortje has been doing incredibly well over the last couple of weeks since he’s arrived here in India. Last night, he passed his last sort of fitness test to get through and be passed fit for selection, which is exciting that he’s now available for selection," said Watson in a press conference

Watson on Mitchell Marsh

Watson also spoke of the availability of Mitchell Marsh in the match on the 7th of April. Marsh was to be available from the 6th of April but suffered a hip injury during Australia's tour to Pakistan. Watson said that Marsh's selection will be decided after one more training session.

He said, "Mitch Marsh is progressing really well. Whether he’s available for selection, there is still one more training session as well to get through tonight. But he’s been progressing really well which is very exciting with the firepower he brings to the Delhi squad as well"