Sri agar: Former Australia World Cup winning skipper and current Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting has made a brutal ramark regarding struggling opener Prithvi Shaw.
Prithvi Shaw in hie six matches has scored only 47 runs and was dropped from the XI during DC’s last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier this week.
“I think it’s 13 games (considering IPL 2022 as well) since Prithvi has made a 50 opening the batting for the Delhi Capitals. There are a lot of other players at the top of the order with other teams that are playing a whole lot better than Prithvi,” Ponting told the media ahead of the side’s reverse fixture against SRH.
“Prithvi at his absolute best… we know he’s a match winner. That’s one of the reasons that he’s a retained player because we know if he bats a certain amount of balls, we win about 95% of the games,” Ponting said. “But so far this season, he hasn’t been able to produce,” he further added.
Ponting stated in a matter-of-fact manner that the side doesn’t need Shaw in the XI right now, as he mentioned his stats in this season.
“I think the six games that he played was just over 40-odd runs, so that’s not what we require right now. So is it a tough decision to leave him out but hopefully the team that we put on the park tomorrow can go win another game for us,” said the head coach.