Former Delhi captain raging on Ricky Ponting.
Former Delhi captain raging on Ricky Ponting.
Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023: After the fifth consecutive defeat in IPL 2023 on Saturday, former Delhi Capitals captain Virender Sehwag lashed out at DC coach Ricky Ponting. Let us tell you that DC is the only team not to win a single match in this season. Recently the team is coming after losing to RCB. In this match, RCB scored 174 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the first bowling. In response, DC could only score 151 runs. Manish Pandey was the only batsman to make a significant contribution, scoring a 38-ball 50, while Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh were dismissed for ducks.
After seeing such a shameful performance of Delhi Capitals, Virender Sehwag lashed out at the coach of Delhi. Talking to a sports channel, Sehwag said that I think I had said earlier that Punjab has axed Delhi. So now the ax has reached Delhi, when a team wins the coach is given credit, so when a team loses, they should be held accountable. We also said that many times Ponting has done brilliantly and he has taken the team to the finals, now they reach the playoffs almost every year. But, Delhi’s performance this season has been very poor. Apart from this, Sehwag also said that the biggest responsibility of the coaching staff in an IPL franchise is man-management and the Delhi coaching staff did not do that this season.
Viru further said that this is not the Indian team where they take credit for the victory and blame someone else for the defeat. The role of the coach in an IPL team is zero. The big responsibility is man management and giving that confidence to the players. But, in the end a coach feels good only when the team performs well. Delhi has not done this at all. I think Delhi has reached a point where they are confused as to what they should do to change their fortunes.
Delhi’s next match is against Kolkata
DC’s next match is against Kolkata Knight Riders on 20 April. In such a situation, from here Captain David Warner will have to think differently for his team because at this time neither his batsmen are running nor the bowlers are able to give their best. Delhi’s five consecutive defeats have dashed its hopes of reaching the playoffs.
