MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting was left to marvel at his team’s poor bowling on Thursday after allowing Rajasthan Royals’ Chris Morris to smack four sixes off the final 10 balls to seal a three-wicket victory at Premier League of India. Alliance (IPL).
Delhi defended a below-par total of 147-8 in Mumbai and dropped Rajasthan to 42-5 in the 10th over before David Miller delivered a rapid-fire 62.
After Miller left, Rajasthan needed 27 runs off the last two overs of Kagiso Rabada and Tom Curran with three wickets in hand.
South Africa bought Morris, for the record record $ 2.17 million at the February players’ auction, on soft bowling to seal a thrilling victory for the 2008 champions and give the Capitals their first loss of the campaign.
Ponting said they had not put Morris under enough pressure.
“We probably gave him a little too many easy balls, a little too many slot balls if you like,” he told reporters.
“If you bowled a reasonable yorker, he didn’t score off them. If he was still back, sort of, above the stub high, he didn’t get caught either, especially with speed on the ball.
“We talked about how to bowl to him, but the execution probably wasn’t there.”
Delhi may also regret not giving Ravichandran Ashwin his full quota of four overs, though he conceded just 14 runs in his three bowls without surrendering a boundary.
“That’s certainly something we’ll talk about when I get a chance to sit down with the team,” Ponting said of the spinner, who had gone 47-1 against Mumbai in the previous match .
“He had a disappointing game in game one, but has worked very hard over the last few days to make sure he adapts and gets it right in this game.
“Probably a mistake on our part, and something we will talk about later.”