The Delhi Capitals’ (DC) Indian Premier League (IPL) season is among the worst this year. The David Warner-led team suffered their fifth straight loss in the current competition on Saturday night when they were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 23 runs in Bengaluru.
After a string of six consecutive defeats in 2013, this has been DC’s second-worst IPL season. Axar Patel, the captain’s backup, and a few other good performances haven’t helped the squad gel as a whole. The team’s administration has come under fire as a result of consecutive defeats, and former captain Virender Sehwag thinks head coach Ricky Ponting should be held accountable.
In an interview with Cricbuzz, Sehwag expressed his opinion that the coach should own up to the defeats.
“I believe I already said that Punjab has given Delhi the ax. When a team wins a game, the coaches get praise. Hence, losses should also be blamed on them. We’ve already said that Ponding performed a fantastic job of leading the squad to several playoff and championship games. Sehwag told Cricbuzz, “He accepted all those accolades, and now he has to face these losses as well.
The former Indian opener went on to say that the DC has absolutely lost its way and seems perplexed about their intentions and execution.
This is unlike the Indian team, where they claim credit for victories while attributing responsibility for defeats to someone else. In the IPL, coaches have no function. The main duty, though, is managing the squad and instilling confidence in the players. In the end, a coach only looks good when the team plays well, which Delhi hasn’t done at all.
He said, “I believe Delhi has come to the stage where people are uncertain about what should be done to reverse their fate.
Despite Kohli’s fifty, Delhi Caps produced an incredible recovery to restrict RCB to 174/6 in 20 overs. Yet, the batters once again fell short of the standards. Delhi Capitals (DC), who were attempting to chase a difficult score, had a terrible start, losing four wickets in the powerplay: Prithvi Shaw (0), Mitchell Marsh (0), Yash Dhull (1), and David Warner (19).
Manish Pandey reached the halfway point of his innings in only 37 balls, but after he was caught by Wanindu Hasaranga, DC was all but out of the running. Anrich Nortje (23 not out off 14) and Aman Khan (18 off 10) both made a couple boundaries, but Delhi was only able to reach 151-9 in 20 overs.
