Sourav Ganguly Stood Up to Ponting’s Warner Bias at DC: Kaif Warns PBKS
Mohammad Kaif on Ganguly and Ponting feud: In 2008, Ponting became a part of Delhi Capitals while Kaif was the assistant coach for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and Ganguly became the director of Cricket before the 2019 season.

Mohammad Kaif on Ganguly and Ponting feud: On Monday, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif revealed insights about the legendary Australian Ricky Ponting's coaching style as he talked about his partnership with him at Delhi Capitals.
Mohammad Kaif also talked about how the efforts of Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly helped Delhi Capitals reach the final in 2020 and revealed that Ponting's greatest regret during his seven years as head coach would be not winning the IPL trophy.
In a video shared on social media, Kaif said, “I think Ponting would himself admit he could have done better because the team we made, me, Ganguly...you won't believe there were times we could think whom should we drop. There was no place for Ajinkya Rahane, Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, even Hetmyer. Then when we went to the auction...this was Ganguly who decided, and I must praise him for that. He said we have to back the Indian players. He talked to Shikhar Dhawan, after which that trade had happened with Hyderabad.”
He also added, “Now we were stuck still thinking if we should make the trade, and it was Ganguly who convinced us that we needed him. Ponting did not agree. He felt his career was over because it was right when he was dropped from the Test team. In fact, this thing was highlighted in the meeting that Dhawan is a trusted player who can score 500 runs in a season. David Warner was in Hyderabad, and I feel he must have influenced Ponting against going with Dhawan. I feel he must have told Ponting that he no longer remains a great player. But Ganguly and Parth Jindal backed Dhawan and traded him, and the India batter proved us right because we had reached the final that season where he scored a lot of runs. So I feel Ponting might have regretted that he would have done better because they did not win a trophy in those seven years. In fact, Ganguly should be credited for bringing Ashwin to the team as well.”
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In 2008, Ponting became a part of Delhi Capitals while Kaif was the assistant coach for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and Ganguly became the director of Cricket before the 2019 season.
Kaif also added that Delhi removed Ponting because they must have believed that the 49-year-old is not enough to bring title-winning game plans.
He said, “The franchise owner must have felt Ponting no longer had good game plans. Now, Ponting is a huge name. He is in that Sachin Tendulkar category. Now, if a franchise tells him 'thank you so much' and parts ways, that means they feel that he is looking flat with his game plans.”
While concluding, the former cricketer said, “Now, he went to Punjab, and he followed the same tactic as the old coaches, retaining a few players and keeping a bigger purse. I felt they were wrong. Look at the Mumbai Indians. Despite finishing last, they retained their core players because they believed that they could still win a title. They backed the same players irrespective of their value. What Ponting did is the same as previous PBKS coaches, and I'm not a fan of that. They could have retained Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, and Liam Livingstone. See, there is no guarantee that a franchise can retain the same player at an auction for a lesser price.”
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