Ex-India Cricketer Warns Rishabh Pant Against DC Captaincy
Rishabh Pant is a cricket player from India. He plays for a team called Delhi Capitals (DC). People call this team's league the IPL.
Pant has returned to the Delhi Capitals team. Some people think he could become the captain of the team. A captain is the leader of a sports team.
But a former India player named Wasim Jaffer does not agree. Wasim Jaffer used to play cricket for India. Now he gives his opinion on cricket.
Jaffer said Pant should say no to the captain job. He thinks it is better for Pant to just play cricket. He does not want Pant to have the extra job of captain.
Jaffer thinks another player should be the captain instead. He believes Pant will play better if he is not the captain.
This is only Jaffer's opinion. The Delhi Capitals team will decide who becomes captain.
Vocabulary5 words
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- cricket
- a popular sport played with a bat and ball
- IPL
- a big cricket competition in India
- opinion
- what a person thinks about something
- former
- someone who used to have a job, but not now
Quiz
Answer key
1. Cricket 2. To say no to being captain 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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Rishabh Pant is a cricket player from India. He plays for a team called Delhi _____ (DC). People call this team's league the _____.
Pant has returned to the Delhi Capitals team. Some people think he could become the _____ of the team. A captain is the leader of a sports team.
But a former India player named Wasim _____ does not agree. Wasim Jaffer used to play cricket for India. Now he gives his _____ on cricket.
Jaffer said Pant should say _____ to the captain job. He thinks it is better for Pant to just play cricket. He does not want Pant to have the extra job of captain.
Jaffer thinks another _____ should be the captain instead. He believes Pant will play better if he is not the captain.