IPL 2022: Anrich Nortje To Be Fit By April 7 To Play For Delhi Capitals- Reports

South Africa pace bowler Anrich Nortje is reportedly said to be available to play for the IPL franchise Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022 from early April. Nortje has been suffering hip injury for a long period and it has also kept him away from international cricket.

The 28-year-old fast bowler was last seen in South Africa jersey during the ICC T20 World Cup in November and later missed the Test series against India and New Zealand owing to his injury woes. Nortje also wasn’t part of the ongoing ODI series against Bangladesh that cast doubts over his availability in the upcoming season of the IPL.

IPL 2022: Anrich Nortje to play his first IPL game against LSG

According to a report by Cricbuzz, a Delhi Capitals official said that the South Africa pacer will be available to play from the team’s third match, which is against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on April 7 at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Nortje has already reached Mumbai and is currently under quarantine for the last two days. The South African pacer snapped 12 wickets from eight matches in IPL 2021 and was subsequently retained by the franchise in the retention players list. Nortje was retained for INR 6.5 crores along with skipper Rishabh Pant, all-rounder Axar Patel and opener Prithvi Shaw.

IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals to lock horns with Mumbai Indians in their first games

Delhi Capitals will take on the five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians in their first match of IPL 2022 on March 27 at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.

South Africa’s regular Test players like Kagiso Rabada (PBKS), Marco Jansen (SRH), Anrich Nortje (DC), Lungi Ngidi (DC), Aiden Markram (SRH) and Rassie van der Dussen (RR) have opted to skip the Test series against Bangladesh in order to be available for their respective IPL franchise teams.

Cricket South Africa gave the liberty to the players to choose between the two Tests or leave India to join their IPL teams keeping the quarantine procedure in mind.

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