Delhi Capitals are yet to win the IPL trophy. Despite having a very strong squad, they have failed to go past the final frontier. In 2020, the Capitals reached the final of the IPL. But they were beaten by the Mumbai Indians. In 2021, the Capitals were knocked out of the second qualifier by a MSD masterclass. Last year, the team could not qualify for the playoffs.
But Delhi Capitals head coach, Ricky Ponting is confident of the team’s chances this year. Ponting is hopeful of having a strong showing when they make their three-year return to the Arun Jaitley Stadium (formerly known as Feroz Shah Kotla) now that the event is returned to its original home-and-away format.
Ponting said
“Firstly, it’s great to be back like I said to all the players before we started training today,” the former Aussie skipper said in a video shared by DC. “It is the time I look forward to the most. It’s been three or four years since we’ve been at the Kotla as well, and been at our home ground, so it’s nice to turn up here, nice to walk back out on the outfield.
“It’s nice to see some familiar faces, it was nice to get to know some young players and newer players that we brought into the squad as well,” Ponting continued. “So, yeah really excited about what this season holds and today for my first training down, I know that the boys have had a couple of other days before I arrived but really good solid hit today, two more training days then we get into some practice games so, and day by day more and more players are arriving, so yeah, exciting times.”
Rishabh Pant, the captain of the Caps, won’t be available for the whole IPL 2023 after suffering multiple injuries in a car accident last year. In his absence, veteran batsman David Warner will captain the team, and all-rounder Axar Patel has been chosen as Warner’s deputy.
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