Former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly is Delhi Capitals’ (DC) Director of Cricket, and Ricky Ponting is the head coach of DC’s side, but in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, Delhi team has not been able to win any game after playing five games this season, while Ganguly is still optimistic about David Warner-led side reaching the play-off round in IPL 2023.
Sourav Ganguly urges Delhi Capitals’ players to play for pride-
“We need to put this behind. Back the captain, back each other together and we’ll come back fresh next game. We can’t get worse than this we can only get better, still nine games to go and we can win 9 out of 9,” he told Delhi players in the post-match meeting,”
“It doesn’t matter if we qualify or don’t qualify, it doesn’t matter so much for us at this stage. But let’s look our inside, play for ourselves, play for our pride, and see if we can get there,” said the former Indian cricketer.
While DC’s side is playing without their regular skipper, Rishabh Pant as he has still not recovered from injuries he suffered in a car accident in December 2022. But the Aussie star opener was made stand-in skipper for this edition and ace Indian all-rounder Axar Patel his deputy, and apart from these two, no other player has performed well in the 16th edition of the cash-rich league for the Delhi-based side.
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— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 15, 2023
“We are a much better side than what is happening on the field at the moment.
“It just takes one game to turn aroud and we’ll do that. Let’s stick to David (Warner), he’s the captain, and he’s is the most important man in the team,”
Meanwhile, there are some reports, that the Delhi Capitals coaching staff is likely to face the axe ahead of the next IPL season. Ricky Ponting-led- support staff has a renowned group with the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Shane Watson, Ajit Agarkar, and James Hopes in their management, but could inspire the team to register a single win in the league, so far.