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Too much pressure came on Warner after top order went cheaply: Ponting

Source From: ENT 2022-04-17 03:28:18

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting attributed the narrow 16-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium to not having a "full-strength batting complement", which saw the Rishabh Pant-led side flounder after initially promising to make good of the chase on Saturday night.

Ponting added that opener David Warner came under tremendous pressure as runs dried up at the other end, which forced him to play some shots he would never had played if runs were coming from his partners.

Chasing 190 for victory after Glenn Maxwell (55) and Dinesh Karthik (66 not out) had put RCB in a position of strength, DC's Prithvi Shaw had one of those bad outings, losing his wicket on 16. Mitchell Marsh, playing his opening game of the season for DC, wasn't quite in his elements, getting dismissed for 14 as the pressure to maintain a healthy run-rate fell on Warner.

The dismissal of West Indian Rovman Powell for a duck put more pressure on the veteran Australian batter.

"We haven't had a full-strength batting complement. Mitchell Marsh played his first game (of the IPL season) and probably didn't quite go out right to fit the tempo we needed. Rovman Powell, the other guy we fielded in the middle order there, hasn't really fought for himself so far. But we know what he is capable of. So, we do need to fix some things in the dressing room," said Ponting, analysing the defeat.