The presence of seasoned campaigners within the Delhi Capitals facet is a blessing for a younger captain like Rishabh Pant, who can bounce off concepts from gamers comparable to Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane.
Pant, one of many youngest captains of an IPL outfit having taken over from an injured Shreyas Iyer, feels that “nothing changes” for him after having even set fields as a keeper when he was not in cost.
“I have been talking to the senior players like Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane about the fields we can set and other strategic decisions for the team,” Pant was quoted as saying in a press launch on the eve of DC’s opening recreation in opposition to Chennai Super Kings.
“I have been talking to Ricky and our bowling coach James Hopes as well. There’s a good mix of seniors and juniors in our squad and I think with the help of Ricky, we can do something different this year.”
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Pant needs to maintain issues easy and believes that his peripheral imaginative and prescient as a keeper would assist whereas main the facet from behind the stumps.
“I haven’t considered the truth that it’s my first match as captain within the IPL. I’m simply going to maintain issues easy and provides my one hundred pc. You get a good suggestion about setting fields as a wicketkeeper and now as captain I might be making the adjustments within the subject immediately.
“So, there’s not going to be much of a difference for me,” mentioned Pant.
For Ponting, dealing with a group like CSK, with a confirmed document, is at all times a tricky problem and he expects the “right attitude” from each member of his facet.
“Although we’ve obtained a barely totally different squad, we count on to play higher as a gaggle and obtain some higher outcomes. So, for us, Chennai Super Kings is simply recreation one. We have to strategy it with the suitable angle and play properly.
“Hopefully, win that game and move onto the second game. But we know that we’ll have to play well to win,” mentioned Ponting.
Suresh Raina’s absence final season did hamper CSK’s possibilities, feels the previous Australian skipper.
“The Chennai Super Kings have been one of the crucial profitable groups within the historical past of the IPL. They have gotten an ideal chief and an ideal squad of gamers. They have at all times managed to play constant cricket.
“Last year, they were probably disappointed with the way their season worked out, but I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that Suresh Raina wasn’t there for the entire tournament. He comes back to the squad this year, which is almost like a new recruit for them.”
Ponting feels that 10-11 days of coaching earlier than the primary recreation is sweet sufficient preparations and there’s no place for any excuses.
“I’m actually completely satisfied about how our final 10-11 days have gone. There might be actually no excuses from us about how we carry out in Game 1.
“We’ve got a great group of players, who are hungry and excited for another challenge for us as a franchise and a team. So, I am excited to see how the boys play tomorrow.”
