It is no secret that the worst team in IPL 2023 has been the Delhi Capitals as they have lost 5 of their Matches and they have won two matches and they are virtually out of the tournament. Delhi Capitals have everything that is needed to be a successful side and they should be near the top of the table like the Rajasthan Royals and they will look to get their first win in their next match.
However, it will be interesting to look at the reasons for such a poor performance from the team in the first 5 Matches and they will have to do some serious soul searching to make a case for the Top 4 and at best they can become the party poopers for the other teams.
So, let’s look at the reasons for such a poor performance from the Delhi Capitals:
The absence of Rishabh Pant
The biggest reason that the Delhi Capitals have not been able to do as well as expected is because of the absence of their star player and captain Rishabh Pant who has been ruled out of the IPL and the rest of the year due to the horrific accident he suffered at the end of last year. Rishabh Pant cannot play cricket for a long period of time and he was the glue that held the Delhi Capitals together and he was their best batter as well and the loss of one player has affected the team severely.
The poor strike rate of David Warner
When one looks at the stats of David Warner from the IPL, it will look like he has done well and he has scored a lot of runs and he has scored 3 Half centuries and scored more than 220 runs but the strike rate is the main issue. A player of his stature cannot have a strike rate of just 110 in a tournament that the other batters have a strike rate of more than 140 and his inability to hit the ball hard is causing the other batters to take risks which are resulting in low scores.
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The failure of Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw has been the biggest failure for the Delhi Capitals and he has just not been able to score runs at all and all his firm that he carried into from the domestic season has vanished in the IPL and his failure has resulted in Delhi Capitals getting poor starts at the top and the slow strike rate of David Warner is not helping either. Prithvi Shaw needs to find his groove and he needs to hit the ball to all parts so that Delhi Capitals can have a chance of winning a match.
The Behind the scenes chaos
Having too many cooks in one place can damage the working situation and the fact is that Delhi Capitals are a team that have too many support staff who are all legends in their own right and are some of the best players of all time. Ricky Ponting is the head coach and Sourav Ganguly is the Director of cricket and these two are two of the best and therefore they carry a lot of egos and other than them they have Shane Watson and Ajit Agarkar are the batting and bowling coach. It is always great to have one main leader and great support staff.
