The Delhi Capitals (DC) camp was additional jolted by Covid-19 on Wednesday as New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert grew to become the sixth member of the crew to return a optimistic consequence. The followers questioned if the sport in opposition to Punjab Kings shall be performed or will it get postponed? But later within the day, the BCCI launched an official assertion, giving a to not the fixture which was earlier shifted from Pune’s MCA Stadium to Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Seifert grew to become the second participant to contract the Covid-19 virus after the Australian all-rounder. The flip of occasions deeply affected the apply of the facet which is already reeling on the seventh spot on the factors desk.
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Ahead of the face-off in opposition to Punjab, head coach Ricky Ponting admitted that his facet’s preparations haven’t been excellent.
“Things have been a little bit interrupted with Mitch Marsh down with Covid. Our session yesterday was pushed back. The preparations haven’t been perfect and I addressed the group about the two options we have – we can drag our backsides around or we can take the positives around and realise that we are here for a big tournament with a great franchise,” stated Ponting in a pre-match chat with Star Sports.
Ponting feels that with the crew brief on match apply, so much will depend on how the leaders within the crew will encourage the crew to do effectively with a optimistic state of mind.
“We have to turn up with a positive attitude and we know we have to play well in this game. With games like these and tournaments like these, you need the leaders (in the team) to stand up. So far in the tournament, (David) Warner’s leadership has been great, Rishabh (Pant) has been good. Mustafizur (Rahman) apart from an over or two has been good,” he stated.
The former Australia captain said that the crew’s focus shall be on enjoying at the perfect of their talents in each innings of the match to achieve some momentum for the second half of the event.
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“We have been playing 35-36 overs of good cricket in a match, just that 3 or 4 bad overs have gone bad. Today’s focus will be on playing 40 overs of good cricket. We know that we can do that, and we have another game in a couple of days’ time (against Rajasthan Royals, April 22). It has been a stop-start tournament for us, so we need to get some momentum for the rest of the tournament.”
“The gamers are very conscious of the best way I need them to play. There have been interruptions with participant availability however we haven’t spoken a lot about that.
“Every team is confined to the same situations; we are not different from anybody else. Two wins in two games here and we should get used to playing on the side pitches. I am pretty confident that we are going to put up a good show tonight,” Ponting concluded.
(With Agency Inputs)
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