The Australian great also spoke about his team's chances of making it to the play-offs. I just love seeing the boys fight like that for every win, because as we know, in the IPL it's not easy to win games, so to pinch a game like that last night was a great result for the boys. Talking Points - Did Delhi Capitals underestimate Wriddhiman Saha?

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He was ecstatic after Capitals beat Royals by 14 runs despite being down and out till the 15th over, after which the pacers brought them back in the game.

Commenting on the challenge that Chennai could throw at his side, Ponting said they won't be taking the three-time champions lightly.

And the first three overs of their innings was none for 37 and the game was slipping away. Last night probably more so, because we started the game really poorly - lost a wicket off the first ball, and then Jinks [Ajinkya Rahane] was out after a bit. Why Steven Smith's 2019 Ashes batting performance is the greatest of all time in a series, How bowlers are dealing with the high-scoring conditions in Sharjah, Imad Wasim: 'I don't think there are many aggressive spinners like me in the powerplay', Mitchell Swepson: 'I loved being thrown the ball to win the game for the team', T20 openers are more conservative than they need to be, Why Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka is so watchable even when they aren't playing, Kumar Dharmasena made a mistake in the World Cup final, but just about every umpire would have done the same. So we will keep working towards that, we will keep working towards the perfect game, but right now there is a really good feel around the group, and when you have a good feel and good environment, I think you tend to win a lot of games.".

Later, Ponting began playing for the Mowbray Under–13s team at the age of 11 in 1985–86. But right now we're just looking forward to every challenge that comes our way, and we feel that if we play somewhere near our best cricket, then we are going to be hard to beat every game.". He was speaking on the eve of his team's return-leg match against Chennai Super Kings.

The former Australian captain had predicted before the start that pitches would tend to get slower as the tournament progresses. "It's looking good at this stage of the season," Ponting told the franchise a day before the Capitals' next game, against the Chennai Super Kings.

"We put in a lot of hard work, and all that planning and preparation, obviously comes down to what the boys do on game day.

"But one of the things I have been telling the boys is that if we can just keep ourselves in the game, keep ourselves in the contest and keep fighting, then we might just be able to pull some wins out of games we probably shouldn't win.

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I just want to keep them switched on for another week, we're going to have to push hard for these next couple of games - we've got CSK and then Kings XI [Punjab] coming up after that.

The Super Kings have just three wins from eight games.

"They [the Super Kings] are proven performers, probably been the best team in the IPL since day one," he said. I’ve been working closely with the Leukaemia Foundation for several years and I really wanted to broaden my charity work to help young Australians across all forms of cancer.”

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So I think that will continually get a bit tougher to bat on," Ponting said. How many IPL teams have won and lost a match by ten wickets in the same season? Ground, Dec 08, 1995, vs South Africa at W.A.C.A.

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The Delhi Capitals currently have six wins from eight games in IPL 2020, but Ricky Ponting, their head coach, feels the team is yet to play its best cricket.

"I don't want us to get complacent and take things for granted at this stage of the tournament, because things are going well. "We have played every team once and Rajasthan twice now, and Chennai also the second time now. "I'm never one to look too far ahead because I know how quickly the IPL can turn around. Stats - How does Rachael Haynes' Australia team compare to Ricky Ponting's invincibles? "We put in a lot of hard work, and you know, all that planning and preparation comes down to what the boys do on match day, so I do get pretty heavily involved - but last time (against RR) more so because we started the game really poorly - lost a wicket off the first ball and Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane) got out soon after.".

Ponting was visibly excited after the side's win. "One thing I have been telling the boys from the start of this tournament is that I want us to play our best cricket in the back-half of the tournament, not necessarily in the front-half of the tournament. "One thing I have been telling the boys right from the start of this tournament is that I want us playing our best cricket in the back half of the tournament, not necessarily in the front half of the tournament," Ponting said.

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You have come to the ESPN Africa edition, for other ESPN editions, click above. "I just love seeing the boys fight like that for every win because as we know, in the IPL, (it) is not easy to win games, so to pinch a game like that was a great result for the boys," added the 45-year-old. The best quality about Ponti... Ricky Ponting had all the ingredients of a typical Australian - tough as nails, aggressive, vocal and above all, mentally powerful to tackle pressure situations. But the guys dug deep, hung in there, the fielding was what we expect, the bowling was outstanding, particularly from [Anrich] Nortje and [R] Ashwin, and we turned it around.

"They've been proven performers - they have probably been the best team in the IPL since day 1, so when you've got guys like Watson, Dhoni, Jadeja and Faf in the side, you can't take them lightly," said the head coach.

"I think what we all felt when we came here was that maybe for the first half of the tournament, chasing might have been easier because of the bit of dew and also because of the little bit of more grass on the wickets... "...Because we thought they are going to preserve the wickets a little bit for the back half of the tournament, but chasing has been hard right from the start," he said.