India, March 11 -- Rishabh Pant is yet to be declared fit by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to play for Delhi Capitals in the impending 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but franchise coach Ricky Ponting is already assessing all possibilities to have the India star back in the line-up.

Pant is all set to make a return to competitive cricket for the first time since December 2022, when he had suffered a major car accident. Having spent the major part of 2023 in his recovery process at the NCA, Pant has featured a few practice games alongside India teammate Hardik Pandya in a bid to check his fitness.

While there has been no official update from the NCA over Pant's fitness amid media reports that he might on...