The condition of Delhi Capitals is becoming worse day by day in IPL 2023. The Capitals are the only franchise to yet register a win in IPL 2023 so far, and questions have been raised over the side’s tactics throughout the season.
Talking on this matter, Ravi Shastri didn’t show any mercy to either the Capitals or their director of cricket Ganguly, as they went down to RCB on Saturday.
“Problem now with Delhi Capitals is, especially with the way the other teams are going, you lose four on the trot, it becomes very, very difficult to come back,” Shastri said on-air.
“There are people in that dugout that are not used to losing. Ricky Ponting’s one,” Simon Doull, Shastri’s fellow commentator, mentioned.
“David Warner too. He’s been on the winning side as well,” Shastri pointed out, Shastri, before taking a colossal dig at the former captain’s stint with the board.
“It’s not about losing. It’s about being hammered. It’s five on the trot, with you not looking like winning. Losing close games is one thing, when you’re being outplayed by opposition, it’s not a happy story.
“Sourav Ganguly, the former president of the board. He must have thought it’s nice upstairs!” Shastri said, leaving his fellow commentators in splits.
Sourav Ganguly had previously worked with Ponting as DC’s mentor in IPL 2019, shortly before being appointed as the BCCI president.