Rishabh Pant’s on-field decisions as Delhi Capitals captain in the ongoing IPL may have come under the scanner of former players, but the wicketkeeper has the “full support” of head coach Ricky Ponting, who says that “it’s easy to catch from the outside.” judge” . Under Pant, DC has won just five of the 11 games they have played to date, including the 91-run thrashing by Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
Pant’s bowling changes and the selection of bowlers to bowl during crucial periods of matches have been criticized by former players such as Virender Sehwag.
But Ponting, a former captain of Australia and the Mumbai Indians, said he fully supports any decision Pant makes on the pitch.
“I fully support every decision he (Pant) makes on the pitch. I was a T20 captain before and I know you don’t have much time to think about it, especially under extreme pressure,” Ponting said in the press. after the match. conference after DC’s 91 point loss to CSK.
“It’s easy to judge from the outside, but trust me when you’re in the middle of it, it’s not easy to do.” The legendary batter elaborated on a captain’s decision-making process, saying, “A captain makes decisions in a very short space of time and the decision he makes is what he believes is the best for the team at that time of the game.
“He takes things like boundary size and batsmen into account when making those decisions.” However, he admitted that his side underperformed in all areas of the game in the loss to CSK.
“Our bowling was not to the mark, just like our hitting was very bad. There weren’t many positives to be taken from the game. The only positive was Khaleel Ahmed, he was again excellent with the ball,” Ponting said.
“If we lose by 91 runs, that will be a huge dent in our net run rate. It means we have to bounce back very strongly in our next game.” Ponting said DC can still make the playoffs with wins in all three games remaining.
“We would think we could make it to the play-offs with three wins. Eight wins might be enough to compete and one big win could help our net run rate. Who knows, we might be in the final.
“That’s what we can think of. What happened, happened and we would like to look to the future and look for a rebound after a poor performance.” DC has been dealing with issues related to COVID-19 with a net bowler testing positive for the virus just before Sunday’s CSK game. Some of their players and support staff, as well as Ponting’s relative, had also contracted the virus last month.
“That’s no excuse for us. It’s not the first time we’ve had to deal with it on match day. In one of the previous matches against Punjab Kings, we faced the same thing and we ended up winning that match really comfortably,” he said. he.
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“We are going to make excuses and we are going to find solutions to the problems we face. Although it was not ideal preparation, we should have played better cricket. In the end we let ourselves down.”
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