Last Update on: November 9th, 2020 at 10:44 pm
Ahead of the much-anticipated final of IPL 2020, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has warned Mumbai Indians not to take his side lightly. Both the teams will fight it out for the title on Tuesday (November 12).
Mumbai Indians are eyeing a record-extending fifth IPL title while Delhi Capitals are eyeing their first after making it to the final of the IPL for the very first time. The momentum will be with Mumbai Indians who are also the defending champions.
“Looking back now we are happy, it’s been a good season but we are here to win the IPL and we will give it our best shot,” Ricky Ponting said on the eve of the final.
“We got off to a good start but were a bit shaky towards the end but the boys have managed to really play two very good games out of three, and hopefully, we can play our best game in the final.
“Didn’t matter that we lost games. Each team won a couple, lost a couple but all of our losses came in a group and it was hard to change the momentum, but the boys did it and we find ourselves in the final and I think our best cricket is yet to come,” he added.
Warning to Mumbai Indians:
Ricky Ponting made sure to make Mumbai Indians realise that his team has enough firepower to dash their hopes of a fifth IPL title. The former Australia captain admitted that Delhi could not deliver their best performances against Mumbai in the previous games of IPL 2020 before saying that Delhi could win the game if they rectify those mistakes.
“Things will be pretty much the same. We have got enough firepower. If Mumbai would be sitting back and thinking if there is a team they wouldn’t like to play, it is us. It’s about us, how we turn up and play,” he said.
“We have been long away from the best we have played against Mumbai so far. We will try and address some of the areas that we haven’t played against Mumbai in the past — Powerplay batting, death bowling are some.
“So if we rectify those things and play somewhere near our best, then we can…,” he added.