Ricky Ponting has been instructing Delhi Capitals since 2018.© Twitter
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) set to begin on September 19, Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach Ricky Ponting seems to already have his adrenaline pumping for the franchise-based T20 league. Taking to Twitter, he acknowledged, “Can not wait to start in beneath two weeks! The quicker it’s going to get proper right here, the upper. The entire boys are in large contact and looking out forward to the challenges of IPL.” All through IPL 2019, DC missed out on a berth inside the finals after dropping to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) inside the playoffs by six wickets. This season, the Shreyas Iyer-led workers appears to be sturdy with the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Marcus Stoinis, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Ravichandran Ashwin of their roster.
Can not wait to start in beneath two weeks! The quicker it’s going to get proper right here, the upper. The entire boys are in large contact and looking out forward to the challenges of IPL. https://t.co/noV1N2bk2s
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) September 7, 2020
Earlier typically known as Delhi Daredevils, the workers has been part of the league since its inaugural model in 2008. This 12 months the entire IPL matches will occur inside the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on account of rising COVID-19 circumstances in India.
The wrath of coronavirus has been confronted by the IPL teams in UAE too, with CSK particularly. Delhi Capitals moreover launched an announcement on Sunday, revealing that their assistant physiotherapist has examined constructive for the deadly virus. He had twice examined detrimental all through the quarantine interval, and was constructive for the third one.
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“He was however to meet with and had not been concerned with any avid gamers or staff of the franchise. He was isolated immediately, and is at current on the IPL Isolation Facility in Dubai for the following 14 days, on the end of which he ought to produce two detrimental tales for him to have the flexibility to be a part of the Delhi Capitals squad,” the membership acknowledged in its assertion.
The Delhi Capitals will play their first match on September 20, in opposition to Kings XI Punjab.
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