After losing by 106 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach Ricky Ponting said he was embarrassed by the first half of his match team and how his team conceded. too many runs while bowling at a slow speed. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) delivered a remarkable performance in all facets of the match against Delhi Capitals in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
After the match, Ponting said at the post-match press conference: ‘I was almost ashamed of our first half of the match today – to concede so many runs. It also took us two hours to bowl our overs, so there were two of us. behind overs again, meaning the boys bowling the last two overs are only allowed to bowl with four fielders outside the circle.
“There are many things that have happened in this match that are unacceptable; we need to fix them immediately to continue in this tournament,” the former Australian captain added.
Ponting said KKR were ruthless throughout the match.
“They got off to a flying start in the powerplay. After six overs they were around 90 runs. That phase is not ideal; if that happens at the start of the match, you always try to find your way back into the match.” and they wouldn’t let us today. They were ruthless. We have to be very critical of ourselves,” Ponting said.
DC skipper Pant scored back-to-back half-centuries during the match, but during the match he called a physio while batting. Ponting said it may have just been fatigue and that he was moving quite well while batting.
“I saw him call a physio. It could have just been a bit of fatigue. It looked like he was moving quite well when he batted. I think we just have to concentrate on the way he batted tonight. I don’t have him see you stumbling.” all after he called the physio. I saw him stretch a little bit, so there might be a little bit of cramping,” the DC head coach said.
However, the coach said he was happy with Pant’s batting and an attacking situation was something he needed to get his confidence back.
“Happy for him, what he did with the bat. A situation like this, where he had to attack from the start, is probably a scenario he needed to get some confidence back. He’s actually had two good games with the bat now, which is great,” Ponting said.
Talking about skipper Rishabh missing a DRS against Sunil Narine during KKR’s batting, Ponting said: “Narine was missed and later Shreyas Iyer was missed. I’m not sure what happened there. Rishabh obviously didn’t hear them.” and bowlers on the ground actually heard something on both occasions,” he added.
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