The Delhi Capitals look to start a brand new period, below a brand new teaching workers, as Ricky Ponting heads to Punjab Kings because the franchise’s mentor after spending 7 years within the capital. Along with Ricky Ponting, India nice Sourav Ganguly was tasked with the accountability of serving to DC to fetch that elusive IPL title that has been evading it because the starting. Nevertheless, each Ponting and Ganguly are off to new assignments because the Delhi franchise continues to attend for its maiden IPL title. For Mohammad Kaif, who additionally labored with DC as a member of the teaching workers, many errors have been made by Ponting throughout his stint because the staff’s mentor, and therefore, the franchise bosses determined to maneuver on.
“I feel Ponting would himself admit he may have performed higher as a result of the staff we made, me, Ganguly…you will not imagine there have been instances we may suppose whom ought to we drop. There was no place for Ajinkya Rahane, Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, even Hetmyer. Then after we went to the public sale…this was Ganguly who determined and I need to reward him for that. He mentioned now we have to again the Indian gamers. He talked to Shikhar Dhawan, after which that commerce had occurred with Hyderabad,” Kaif mentioned in a video posted on his social media.
Kaif cited the instance of Shikhar Dhawan’s commerce from Sunrisers Hyderabad, which proved to be a masterstroke for the franchise. Nevertheless, Kaif has claimed that Ponting did not need the commerce to happen, however was satisfied by Ganguly to go forward.
“Now we have been caught nonetheless pondering if we must always make the commerce, and it was Ganguly who satisfied us that we wanted him. Ponting didn’t agree. He felt his profession was over, as a result of it was proper when he was dropped from the Take a look at staff. In reality, this factor was highlighted within the assembly that Dhawan is a trusted participant who can rating 500 runs in a season. David Warner was in Hyderabad, and I really feel he will need to have influenced Ponting towards going with Dhawan. I really feel he will need to have instructed Ponting that he not stays an important participant. However Ganguly and Parth Jindal backed Dhawan and traded him, and the India batter proved us proper as a result of we had reached the ultimate that season the place he scored lots of runs. So I really feel Ponting might need regretted that he would have performed higher as a result of they didn’t win a trophy in these seven years. In reality, Ganguly must be credited for bringing Ashwin to the staff as effectively,” he claimed.
After the IPL 2024 season, Ponting was let by the Delhi franchise. Kaif feels DC should’ve felt that the previous Australia captain not had game-plans to guide the troops. Therefore, he needed to be launched from his tasks.
“The franchise proprietor will need to have felt Ponting not had good recreation plans. Now, Ponting is a large title. He’s in that Sachin Tendulkar class. Now, if a franchise tells him ‘thanks a lot’ and components methods, which means they really feel that he’s trying flat together with his recreation plans.”
Kaif additionally known as out a giant mistake that Ponting made after becoming a member of Punjab Kings. The truth that the franchise determined to let go of prime gamers like Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone, speaks volumes of the administration’s mindset. Kaif feels the trio ought to’ve been retained.
“Now, he went to Punjab, and he adopted the identical tactic because the previous coaches, retaining a number of gamers and maintaining an even bigger purse. I felt they have been improper. Take a look at the Mumbai Indians. Regardless of ending final, they retained their core gamers as a result of they believed that they might nonetheless win a title. They backed the identical gamers no matter their worth. What Ponting did is similar as earlier PBKS coaches and I am not a fan of that. They might have retained Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone. See, there is no such thing as a assure {that a} franchise can retain the identical participant at an public sale for a lesser worth,” he mentioned.
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