Apart from Ricky Ponting, Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Ganguly also backed Rishabh Pant and marked the young wicketkeeper-batsman as one for the future, calling him a "huge asset".
Chawla reckons that Kuldeep and Yuzvendra Chahal will be able to make impact at the upcoming World cup.
Rahane was elevated to the captain's role last season after Steve Smith was suspended, due to the Sandpaper Gate. This season will see the India batsman take charge for the second time.
With less than a week left for this year's league to start, it will once again be interesting to see which players rise to the challenge against the best in the business.
On his return to Chinnaswamy after international duty, Kohli can't wait to hit the field for his team RCB's first match against defending champions Chennai Super Kings on March 23, which is also the season opener.
IPL 2019 will begin on March 23 with MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings taking on Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai.
World Cup-winning former India coach Gary Kirsten feels that IPL would serve as good preparation for the Indian players ahead of the World Cup.
The opening match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya and his elder brother Krunal have joined the camp, which is currently being held at the Reliance Corporate Park cricket ground.
CoA chief Vinod Rai has cleared the confusion among not just players but also some of the IPL franchises, which had said they weren't briefed on managing workload of the Indian stars by the Indian board.
The Knights, led by Dinesh Karthik, will also practice at the Eden Gardens ahead of their IPL opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 24.
Ahead of the season 12 of the Indian Premier League, David Warner had a special message for the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fans.
The flamboyant batsman, who is yet to make his IPL debut, said he got to watch Dhoni closely, adding that he got inputs from the talismanic captain.
Despite having some big names in the side, Bangalore finished eighth in the 2017 edition and then finished sixth in the last edition.
The Indian team management has been categorical in its demand that the troika of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's workload be effectively managed by franchises ahead of the World Cup.
After doing well in the initial couple of years, the Delhi franchise have never appeared in an IPL play-off. The last time they qualified for the play-offs was in 2012.
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