Delhi Capitals hit all-time low after shedding their fifth consecutive match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, taking place to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Saturday. Even supposing the franchise is winless within the event, head coach Ricky Ponting is attempting to maintain the ambiance within the dressing room upbeat. After the match towards the Bengaluru facet, Ponting despatched DC spinner Kuldeep Yadav a agency message, asking him to ‘by no means ask for forgiveness to him’.

Ponting stays one of the revered coaches within the cricketing spectrum. Although issues will not be going properly for him and the Delhi Capitals in the mean time, Ponting individually identified gamers who put up a stable present towards the Royal Challengers.

Throughout his speech, Ponting requested Kuldeep to by no means say ‘sorry’ to him. Apparently, Kuldeep had apologised to Ponting after his poor present with the ball within the recreation towards Mumbai Indians.

“Good, actually good bowling efficiency. They challenged us early; they obtained off to a flier. Our angle and dedication got here again, we dragged it again. Kuldeep, the place are you mate? Upset final recreation, weren’t you? You truly mentioned sorry to me on the finish of the sport. So mate, do not you ever ask for forgiveness to me or anybody for what occurs on the cricket area. What I need you to do is bounce again sturdy and right this moment with 2/23 off 4, it was an excellent spell of bowling. Properly achieved,” Ponting mentioned in a video shared by the Delhi Capitals.

The previous Australia captain additionally had massive reward for DC all-rounder Lalit Yadav who did a nice job with the ball, conceding 29 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

“Lalit, I assumed you probably did a superb job with the ball as properly buddy. Two sixes in that one over in any other case the explanation we purchased you in right this moment was to bowl these onerous overs within the Powerplay, simply exterior it, and you probably did an excellent job as properly. Axar you had been additionally nice. 1/25 off three and our golden boy Mitchell Marsh, who picks up 2/18 of his couple overs as properly. So properly achieved,” added Ponting.

Again one another, play onerous and consider within the course of

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The workforce’s fielding was one thing that Ponting wasn’t utterly pleased with. Throughout his speech, he requested his boys to take their fielding from ‘good to nice’ within the following video games.

“Fielding was good. But it surely was good with out being nice. Every time we take the sphere subsequent time, I need to take the fielding from being good to nice. I need you to go about your individual preparations, have a look at your individual imaginative and prescient, work by yourself recreation plan and play it your method. One factor I mentioned in regards to the recreation, I do know you retain on working onerous. Preserve doing all the proper issues, then ultimately it’ll change. That is the one method we can go ahead boys – easy, altogether, as a gaggle, work onerous collectively for one another to show issues round,” the legendary former Australia captain identified.

With 5 defeats in 5 matches, Delhi Capitals are backside of the IPL 2023 factors desk. They’re the one facet but to win a single contest on this marketing campaign.