Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting was furious with the Feroz Shah Kotla ground staff, who provided the home team with a pitch that proved to be more helpful for the Sunrisers Hyderabad during the IPL encounter between two teams.
Sunrisers comfortably beat Delhi Capitals by five wickets ona track where run-scoring was difficult and suited the visiting team bowlerseven more. In fact, the former Australian captain made it a point to mentionthat inputs provided by the groundsmen were completely opposite to how thepitch played out.
“I think it is fair to say that the wicket surprised us a lot. Talking to the groundsmen before the match, we thought this would be the best pitch that we had by far but it was the worse. You saw how little it bounced and how slow it was,” Ponting told reporters after the match.