The Delhi Capitals look to start a brand new period, beneath 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 for the reason that starting. Nonetheless, 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 had been made by Ponting throughout his stint because the workforce’s mentor, and therefore, the franchise bosses determined to maneuver on.
“I believe Ponting would himself admit he may have completed higher as a result of the workforce we made, me, Ganguly…you will not consider there have been occasions 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 stated we have now to again the Indian gamers. He talked to Shikhar Dhawan, after which that commerce had occurred with Hyderabad,” Kaif stated 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. Nonetheless, Kaif has claimed that Ponting did not need the commerce to happen, however was satisfied by Ganguly to go forward.
“Now we had 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 Check workforce. In actual fact, 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 should have influenced Ponting towards going with Dhawan. I really feel he should have informed Ponting that he not stays an amazing 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 quite a lot of runs. So I really feel Ponting might need regretted that he would have completed higher as a result of they didn’t win a trophy in these seven years. In actual fact, Ganguly ought to be credited for bringing Ashwin to the workforce as properly,” 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 should 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 elements methods, which means they really feel that he’s wanting flat along 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 conserving an even bigger purse. I felt they had been improper. Have 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 regardless of their worth. What Ponting did is similar as earlier PBKS coaches and I am not a fan of that. They may have retained Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone. See, there isn’t any assure {that a} franchise can retain the identical participant at an public sale for a lesser worth,” he stated.
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