IPL 2023: “Ganguly Must-Have Thought It’s Nice Upstairs” – Ravi Shastri

IPL 2023: On Saturday, the Delhi Capitals maintained their terrible streak by suffering their fifth straight defeat in the 2023 Indian Premier League. David Warner’s team was defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore by a score of 23 runs. Yet again, the Capitals’ batting order failed to deliver. At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, DC suffered a top-order collapse after holding the hosts to a respectable total of 174/6.

The side was reduced to 30/4 by the sixth over. And while Manish Pandey (50) did lead a fightback for the team, it wasn’t enough. Since the Capitals are the only team to have won in the IPL 2023. Thus far, concerns have been expressed about the team’s strategy. Even though DC is without its best player and team leader Rishabh Pant. The squad still has superstars like Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, and Axar Patel.

IPL 2023: “You Lose Four On The Trot’: Ravi Shastri

It’s interesting to note that Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting. Two of the game’s most successful captains are in the dugout for DC. And as the Capitals lost to RCB on Saturday afternoon. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri had no mercy toward them or their director of cricket, Ganguly.

He has also been on the winning side, Shastri noted before making a huge jab at the former captain’s time on the board. During a significant portion of Ganguly’s term as BCCI President, Shastri served as India’s head coach. This is Ganguly’s second spell with Delhi Capitals. In the 2019 season, just before being named BCCI president, he served as Ponting’s mentor for DC.

Delhi Capitals’ Form

Delhi lost wickets frequently and was never in the chase. Even Warner entered the competition with 228 runs and three half-centuries. But has battled with his strike rate, and only managed to score 19. Manish Pandey scored 50 runs, while the remainder of the batting collapsed under the debuting local kid Vijaykumar Vyshak’s 3-20 performance for RCB.

After returning from Australia, where he got married, Mitchell Marsh contributed with the ball but could not give his team a strong start in the chase. A disappointing season has brought scrutiny to the entire DC management. Their main player, Rishabh Pant, has been away from the dugout recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident, and his absence seems to be hurting them the most.

Even though the Delhi think tank includes some of the greatest players in history, like Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting, they are still waiting for their first set of points.