Still nine games to go for us in IPL 2023 and we can win all of them, says DC's Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly

Despite suffering five consecutive defeats in the ongoing Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals’ Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly is optimistic that the David Warner-led side can win all the remaining games and qualify for the all-important playoffs. So far, nothing has gone in favour of the Capitals and thus, there’s a lot of room for improvement.

Notably, David Warner’s strike rate has been the talk of the town so far while the middle-order batters are yet to come to the party. Despite so, Ganguly is hopeful that the team can turn the table and asked everyone to play for their pride.

“We need to put this behind us. Back the captain, back each other together and we'll come back fresh next game. We can't get worse than this we can only get better, still nine games to go and we can win nine out of nine. It doesn't matter if we qualify or don't qualify, it doesn't matter so much for us at this stage."

"But let's look our inside, play for ourselves, play for our pride, and see if we can get there. We are a much better side than what is happening on the field at the moment. It just takes one game to turn around and we'll do that. Let's stick to David (Warner), he's the captain, and he's is the most important man in the team,” Ganguly said in a video shared by Delhi Capitals. 

Kuldeep, don’t you ever say sorry to me: Ricky Ponting

After the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ricky Ponting lauded Kuldeep Yadav for his brilliant spell. The World Cup-winning captain pointed out that the left-arm spinner apologized to him for his poor performance against Mumbai Indians and eventually asked him never to say sorry again but to bounce back stronger.

“Good, really good bowling performance. They challenged us early; they got off to a flier. Our attitude and commitment came back, we dragged it back. Kuldeep, where are you mate? Disappointed last game, weren't you? You actually said sorry to me at the end of the game. So mate, don't you ever say sorry to me or anyone for what happens on the cricket field. What I want you to do is bounce back strong and today with 2/23 off four, it was an outstanding spell of bowling. Well done,” Ponting stated.