Mumbai: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting feels his group wants to enhance in all points of the sport after its third defeat in 5 video games within the ongoing Indian Premier League. DC misplaced by 16 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore on the Wankhede Stadium right here Saturday evening to lie on the backside half of the IPL desk with simply 4 factors.
And, Ponting mentioned it’s time DC begin clicking as a unit in all points of the sport.
“We haven’t had our full power batting. Mitchell Marsh performed his first sport and doubtless didn’t fairly match the tempo of the sport that we would have liked. Rovman Powell hasn’t fired up to now in center order. So we have to repair some issues and what we supposed to do all through the match,” Ponting said at the post-match press conference.
“There is definitely some areas for improvement with the bat and ball. In couple of overs, we absolutely have been blown out of the park. We need to get better in all aspects of the game.”
Ponting mentioned getting the group mixture proper will likely be key for DC of their upcoming matches.
“The subsequent two video games are fairly vital for us and we have to take a look at all points of our sport, decide the fitting group and people 11 gamers we decide, want to face up and get the job achieved,” the coach said.
The former Australia captain called on his top-order batters to stand up and take more responsibility.
“We want the guys to have the best opportunities to make big scores and obviously if you are batting in the top 4 in T20, you have got the best opportunity to make big scores,” mentioned the batting legend.
“Prithvi (Shaw) has been enjoying exceptionally nicely but when one of many top-4 go onto to make a giant rating of 80-plus we all know what is going to occur however that hasn’t occurred for us up to now.”
Ponting, though, was pretty impressed with Kuldeep Yadav’s performance so far in the tournament, saying the left-arm spinner is thriving in the DC environment.
“Kuldeep seems to be thriving in the environment that we are creating around him. I was very keen going into the auction to bring Kuldeep to Delhi Capitals. He wasn’t able to get the opportunities with KKR last season that he probably felt he should have got.
“Only 3-4 years ago, he was one of the leading spinners in IPL and was playing for his country, so all the skill and talent was there we just needed build some fences around and make him feel at home and give him confidence and back his skills,” he mentioned.
DC subsequent play Punjab Kings in Pune on April 20.
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