IPL nuggets: Sehwag blames Ricky Ponting for DC debacle

Former India opener Virender Sehwag slammed DC head coach Ricky Ponting after Delhi Capitals suffered their fifth successive loss in IPL 2023.

Viru said that the former Australian captain should be held responsible for the team’s dismal run in the tournament.

The David Warner-led team lost their fifth successive game in the ongoing competition on Saturday evening, falling to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 23 runs in Bengaluru.

After six consecutive losses in 2013, this is DC’s second-worst IPL season.

The team hasn’t gelled as a whole, despite some strong performances by the captain and his deputy, Axar Patel.

Consecutive losses have exposed the team administration’s lack of strategy.

DC also got former India captain Saurav Ganguly as the Director but that also seems to have backfired.

“I think I said before that Punjab have passed on the axe to Delhi, so now the axe has reached Delhi.”

“When a team losses, the coaches are credited, so when the team losses, they should be held responsible.”

“Even though we have said so many times that Ponting has done a brilliant job, took them to the finals, they now reach the playoffs almost every year now. He took all those credits, now he has to take this credit as well.”

“This is not the Indian team where they take credit for the wins and for the losses someone else is blamed.”

“There is zero role of a coach in an IPL team. The big responsibility is man-management and to give the players that confidence, but in the end, a coach looks good only when the team performs well which Delhi haven’t done it at all.”

“I feel Delhi has reached that point where they are confused what should they do to change their fortune,” Virender Sehwag said.