IPL 2021: Playoffs are completely different, and our tournament really starts now: Ricky Ponting

IPL
Playoffs
Time
Table
2021:
Schedule,
Date,
Format;
All
About
Qualifier
1,
Eliminator,
Qualifier
2,
Final

Speaking
about
the
last
league
stage
match,
which
went
down
to
the
wire,
Delhi
Capitals
Head
Coach
Ricky
Ponting
said
that
this
loss
will
give
the
team
a
chance
to
reflect
on
how
they
can
improve
ahead
of
the
Qualifier
match
against
Chennai
Super
Kings.

“It
was
a
disappointing
way
for
the
game
to
end,
and
for
us
to
lose
the
way
we
did,
but
I
am
not
unhappy
about
it
at
all.
I
actually
think,
it’s
a
really
good
thing
because
it
will
give
the
boys
a
chance
to
reflect
and
think
about
how
we
can
improve
for
Sunday’s
game,
and
it’s
a
short
turnaround,
so
you
have
to
forget
about
things
and
start
focusing
on
the
next
game,”
said
Ponting.

He
also
termed
this
loss
a
“step
forward”.
He
reckoned
that
despite
losing,
the
team
played
better
as
compared
to
the
last
couple
of
matches
which
they
won
in
the
league
stage.

IPL
2021
Qualifier
1:
Delhi
Capitals
Best
Playing
11
against
Chennai
Super
Kings

“A
lot
to
like
about
tonight’s
game,
even
though
we
have
lost.
I
think
it’s
a
step
forward.
If
you
look
at
the
last
game
(against
Chennai
Super
Kings),
it
wasn’t
a
great
performance,
the
Mumbai
game
wasn’t
a
great
performance
either,
but
we
still
managed
to
win
those
games.
If
you
look
at
it,
we
probably
have
played
better
tonight
than
the
games
we
have
won,
so
that’s
certainly
the
way
I
look
at
it.
It’s
not
about
end
results,
it’s
about
the
performances
we
were
putting
on
the
board,”
he
said.

The
Aussie
further
added,
“Prithvi
played
his
best
game
tonight,
Shikhar
probably
looked
his
best
in
the
tournament,
so
there’s
a
lot
to
like
about
this
group.
As
I
said
earlier,
we
have
played
good
cricket,
the
challenge
now
for
us
over
the
next
week
is
to
play
great
cricket,
and
I
think
that’s
just
around
the
corner
for
us.”

Delhi
Capitals,
who
finished
the
IPL
2021
league
stage
on
the
top
of
the
points
table,
have
beaten
Chennai
Super
Kings
in
both
their
league
matches.

Speaking
about
their
Qualifiers
1
match
against
MS
Dhoni’s
men,
Ponting
said,
“I
think
we
should
be
very
confident.
We
have
beaten
them
twice
in
the
league
games,
but
as
you
know,
the
playoff
games
are
completely
different,
and
our
tournament
really
starts
now.”

“It
starts
when
our
players
get
their
recovery
done
from
tonight’s
(Friday)
game,
and
then
we
make
sure
we
get
ourselves
in
the
right
mindset
to
take
on
Chennai.
They
are
also
a
very
good
side,
they
have
been
level
pegging
with
us
right
throughout
the
tournament,
who’s
gonna
finish
first
and
who’s
gonna
second.
So,
we
totally
respect
them
as
a
playing
group,
and
them
as
a
franchise,”
he
concluded.

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