Ricky Ponting’s presence at Delhi Capitals (DC) has labored wonders for the crew. DC completed third in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 beneath Ponting tutelage and the previous Australian captain has been busy with the gamers, readying them for the competitors that begins on September 19. Mentioning that the competitors for spots within the XI is “getting sizzling”, Ponting posted snaps from one of many DC observe classes and captioned the publish as “Counting down the times till we begin our season on Sunday. The boys have been excellent with their coaching and preparation and competitors for spots within the beginning eleven is definitely sizzling. Precisely what you need as a coach.”
Kevin Pietersen, who has had many an encounter with Ponting throughout The Ashes over time, discovered the humorous aspect to it. “By no means thought you would be a coach with a notepad!” Pietersen commented jokingly.
DC will probably be led by Shreyas Iyer and have the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin and Kagiso Rabada of their midst.
They may rely closely on the returns of Shaw and Pant, children who’ve discovered their mojo as a rule with Delhi.
Pant has scored over 1000 runs for DC over the previous two seasons and has an IPL strike charge of 162.69. He averaged 52.61 and struck the ball at 173.60 in 2018.
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Shaw, the 2018 U-19 World Cup profitable captain of India, averaged 27.22 with a strike charge of 153.12 in IPL 2018, scoring 245 runs from simply 9 video games.
Delhi play their first match in opposition to Kings XI Punjab on September 20.
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