Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has opened up about Ricky Ponting’s teaching tenure at Delhi Capitals (DC), exposing the Australian legend’s essential errors that led to his ouster by the staff homeowners forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale.
Mohammad Kaif, who served because the assistant coach of Delhi Capitals (DC) in 2019 and 2020, credited Sourav Ganguly’s strategic brilliance because the driving pressure behind the staff’s outstanding run to the IPL 2020 Last.
Mohammad Kaif reveals Ricky Ponting’s blunders as Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach
He highlighted Ricky Ponting’s failure to safe an IPL title throughout his seven-year stint as head coach of the Delhi Capitals (DC), calling it his greatest remorse.
Reflecting on the interior dynamics, the previous Indian batter revealed how Sourav Ganguly, who was appointed DC’s Director of Cricket in 2019, clashed with Ricky Ponting over essential selections, together with the buying and selling of Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Kaif revealed that Ponting believed that Shikhar Dhawan’s profession was nearing its finish due to David Warner’s affect at SRH. Nevertheless, Sourav Ganguly highlighted Dhawan’s unmatched IPL document, and his insistence finally compelled Ponting to go for the previous Indian opener. The transfer proved a masterstroke, as Dhawan turned a key pillar in DC’s success story.
Sourav Ganguly satisfied us, however Ricky Ponting didn’t agree for Shikhar Dhawan’s commerce: Mohammad Kaif
Mohammad Kaif stated on his YouTube channel: “I believe Ponting would himself admit he might have accomplished higher as a result of the staff we made, me, Sourav Ganguly…you will not imagine there have been instances we might assume whom we should always drop. There was no place for Ajinkya Rahane, Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, and even Hetmyer.
Then once we went to the public sale… this was Ganguly who determined, and I have to reward him for that. He stated we now have to again the Indian gamers. He talked to Shikhar Dhawan, after which that commerce had occurred with Hyderabad. It was Ganguly who satisfied us that we wanted him. Ponting didn’t agree.”
Kaif additional stated that Ponting felt Dhawan’s profession was over as a result of he was dropped from the Take a look at staff. The previous Indian cricketer additional made a daring declare by saying that David Warner will need to have influenced Ponting in opposition to going with Dhawan and informed him that he not stays an ideal participant.
“Actually, this factor was highlighted within the assembly that Dhawan is a trusted participant who can rating 500 runs in a season. David Warner was in Hyderabad, and I really feel he will need to have influenced Ponting in opposition to going with Dhawan. I really feel he will need to have informed Ponting that he not stays an ideal participant.”
I really feel Ricky Ponting might need regretted: Kaif
However Sourav Ganguly and the DC co-owner Parth Jindal backed Dhawan and traded him, and the India batter proved them proper as a result of that they had reached the ultimate in 2020 due to the Gabbar, revealed the previous Indian batter forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.
Kaif signed off by saying, “So, I really feel Ricky Ponting might need regretted that he would have accomplished higher as a result of they didn’t win a trophy in these seven years. Actually, Ganguly needs to be credited for bringing Ashwin to the staff as nicely. The franchise proprietor will need to have felt Ponting not had good recreation plans and parted methods with him.”
