Why Ricky Ponting broke distant controls watching Delhi Capitals play

With three wins and 4 losses within the first seven matches of the season, Delhi Capitals are presently seventh within the factors desk and all set to face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the subsequent match on Thursday.

Sharing his expertise of watching the workforce’s earlier match from quarantine, head coach Ricky Ponting stated, “It was frustrating. I think I broke three or four remote controls and a few bottles of water might have got thrown into the walls and things like that (laughs). When you’re on the side-lines, being a coach and you can’t control what’s happening out in the middle, that’s hard enough, but when you’re not actually at the ground, it can get a little more frustrating.”

The former Australian batting nice re-joined the DC squad at coaching after finishing his precautionary five-day room isolation after a member of the family had examined optimistic for Covid-19. Ponting couldn’t journey with the workforce to the Wankhede stadium for his or her final recreation towards Rajasthan Royals as he was remoted from the remainder of the squad after one in all his relations, staying with him on the workforce lodge, had examined optimistic.

Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant throughout match between the Delhi Capitals and the Rajasthan Royals on the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on the twenty second April 2022. (Photo by Deepak Malik / Sportzpics for IPL)

Reflecting on the primary half of the season, the coach additionally acknowledged in a DC press launch, “I’ve said it a few times this year where there’s 36 or 37 overs of really good stuff, and we just let it slip for two or three overs. And, that’s the difference in these games. We sort of gear ourselves to not overtrain in the first part of the season, try and build up along the way. But our performances have been win one, lose one, win one. So, we need to start getting that little bit of momentum.”

Speaking concerning the upcoming second half of the season, Ponting stated, “I know we’re so close to turning it all around. We’ve all got to trust, we’ve got to believe, we’ve got to stay upbeat and positive. And if we are, things will definitely change for us.”