New Delhi, India

Delhi Capitals (DC) are at the bottom of the points table in IPL 2024. After five games, they have managed just one win and lost four. Thus, Rishabh Pant & Co. have to revamp at the earliest before they fall way behind the playoffs race. Amid all this, there are more miseries for the one-time finalists as star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out for at least one more week due to injury concerns. Marsh missed DC's previous game, versus Mumbai Indians (MI), where they lost by 29 runs, in a high-scoring contest, due to hamstring issues. Now, it seems he will miss a lot more games.

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Pravin Amre, part of the DC coaching staff, shed light on Marsh's injury and said after his side's loss to MI, "A few of our players are injured, and the worrying sign is Mitch Marsh. He has gone for a scan, and the physios will give us a report in a week's time. Then we will come to know what the exact situation is. Whether he can (play the entire season) or not depends on the reports."

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Marsh's unavailability is not only a concern for Pant-led Delhi camp but also for the Australian team, with the T20 World Cup 2024 edition to kickoff soon after the IPL. Marsh is likely to lead the one-time winners at the mega event, hence, his absence will be a huge blow.

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Amre also opined that DC are struggling due to plenty of injury concerns. In this regard, he added, "We have to start winning but have been set back by a few injuries. In the first game, Ishant (Sharma) couldn't bowl two overs. Then Mukesh got injured. Kuldeep has not played three games. Marsh has a hamstring injury. They are our main players, and whoever comes (in for them), they are not as effective because it is like A players vs B players there."

DC will now lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in match 26 of IPL 2024 and will be desperate to add two points in their kitty.