Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting feels his staff is peaking on the proper time however desires his massive weapons to ship in what will probably be a digital IPL quarterfinal for them towards Mumbai Indians on Saturday. A win towards MI will take DC into the playoffs.
Speaking about their subsequent sport, Ponting mentioned, “I’ve bought full confidence within the gamers that they’ll have a extremely good sport on Saturday. We strung back-to-back wins collectively for the primary time (after Delhi Capitals’ earlier match towards Punjab Kings) within the season.
“It’s been an up and down season for us, but we’ve played some good cricket. I always talk about playing our best cricket at the business end of the tournament and peaking at the right time. I’ve got a feeling that the boys are about to do that.” The Capitals have been an inconsistent lot this season, with seven wins and 6 defeats of their 13 video games. There will probably be no margin for error, although, on the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
The Australian legend added that the skilled gamers must step up for the staff within the essential match towards Mumbai Indians. “Davey (Warner) has achieved a extremely good job on the high of the order. We have additionally seen how damaging Mitchell Marsh will be on the quantity three slot. And among the many bowlers, Kuldeep has been distinctive and Axar has been bowling economically as effectively.
“Shardul has shown good form in the recent matches. There are some good signs as far as our senior players are concerned and going into big games, you need your more experienced players to step up.” Ponting additionally mentioned that the setting inside the Delhi Capitals camp has modified within the final two weeks.
“I’ve simply bought the sense that the setting inside the group has been a little bit totally different within the final couple of weeks and gamers have to take full credit score for that. “As a training group, we’ll look to get the gamers effectively ready for his or her subsequent problem and it is definitely a problem that we’re trying ahead to.
“I am very excited about what Saturday holds for us and hopefully, we’ve got another week of cricket to play after that.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
