Ricky Ponting LABELS DC’s Loss vs KKR in IPL 2024 Match as ‘Embarrassing, Unacceptable’

Vizag: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting was extremely disappointed following their 106-run loss versus Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday at Vizag. Following the loss, Ponting said it was ’embarrassing and unacceptable’. He also pointed how the Capitals took more than two hours to complete their quota of overs.

“It’s pretty hard to assess right now. I was almost embarrassed with that first-half of the game today, to concede that many runs and 17 wides. It took us two hours as well to bowl our overs. We are two overs behind again, so the guys who bowl the last two overs have four players outside the circle,” he said at the presser after the loss.

“There are a lot of things that happened today in this game that are unacceptable. A lot of things we will talk about as a group tonight, we will have to fix immediately to go forward in this tournament. So there will be some good open discussions in the changing room tonight for sure,” he further added.

The DC bowlers were not disciplined and hence the KKR batters took them to the cleaners posting a mammoth 272 for seven in 20 overs. Despite taking three wickets, Anrich Nortje conceded 59 runs. Meanwhile, Khaleel Ahmed leaked 43 runs, Ishant Sharma conceded 43, Rasikh Salam also gave away 47.

Chasing 273, the Capitals were bundled out for 166 in 17.2 overs with 16 balls still left. Despite half-centuries from Rishabh Pant (55) and Tristan Stubbs (54), the Capitals never seemed to be in the game. For KKR’s bowling department, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets each respectively.