Ponting said the Capitals were aware of the possibility of Pant being banned a few days ago and were preparing for the possibility. “We started talking about it a few days ago, when there was a possibility that Rishabh would be banned. We obviously knew he had done two feats. We could have removed him as captain to potentially prevent “That happens, but ultimately the time spent on the field is the responsibility of the captain,” he said.
The former Australia captain said that if Khaleel Ahmed had overturned a rule in the match against RR, things could have been different for Pant. “By circumstance, he was probably a bit unlucky in the last match. Before Khaleel’s last over, we were only three minutes behind. So, if Khaleel bowled a regulation over without those extra balls (after three wides ), then in Kuldeep’s next over if we had a wicket, we would have got all our time back “So the fact that Khaleel finished for nine minutes, we fell further behind, and there’s no. way to turn back your time,” Ponting explained. The Tasmanian said the only remedy to avoid such incidents in the past is to move quickly through front 10 to get a few extra minutes in the death passages where proceedings are usually tight. “Look, if you’re late halfway. Mark, four or five minutes late in a close game, you’ll never get your time back. “That’s one thing we’ve talked to all the boys about is just making sure the first 10 overs are over as quickly as possible, especially if you’re not taking wickets.” Ponting admitted that not having Pant for a crucial match was a big miss, but he said the team was ready for the job. “Rishabh is not there. One of the best players, you know, in this particular IPL. I think he is our top scorer, and not having him, it’s a loss for us. “But it is also a big challenge for everyone. other. We have to work a little harder to make sure they do the job for the team,” he added. Ponting said David Warner, who suffered a severe blow to his wrist last month, is recovering and is available for the match against RCB will be determined after assessing him at the nets “Adapting to new role” =============== RCB batter Rajat Patidar, who has regained his form in the second half of this IPL by making three fifties after a quiet start, said he has mentally adapted to the new role of playing in the middle order “This season I got a new role of. batter in the middle order. I had done too much batting in the top order. So I spoke to Virat bhai and DK bhai and tried to learn from their experience (of batting in the middle order),” Patidar said. “It was a matter of quick decision-making during that you bat in the middle order, as you often do. come to bat around the 11th or later,” he added.
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