'Everything about it was wrong': DC coach Ricky Ponting finally reacts to no-ball fracas against RR

2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) finalists Delhi Capitals (DC) returned to winning ways on Thursday after the Rishabh Pant-led side defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by four wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Speaking after the game, head coach Ricky Ponting shared his views about the no-ball controversy that marred the game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and saw Pant being fined 100 per cent of his match fees alongside assistant coach Pravin Amre, with the latter also being banned for one game.

"Look, it was all wrong. Everything about it was wrong. The umpiring was wrong but you have to get on with it. For our players to remonstrate like they did and to have our assistant coach run out on the field, is not anything that we are happy with. I have spoken to the guys about that. We have had a pretty tough couple of weeks here at Delhi Capitals, we have couple of COVID-19 cases, we have been locked in a hotel," Ponting told Star Sports after the game.

"I know I think it was all the frustration, the build-up. A close game, it all came out there and then, what I said to the guys from that, that was a line in the sand moment for us. It was at the halfway time of the tournament, we have to leave it behind and move ahead with a better attitude in the second half of the tournament," he added.

In the match against the Royals, Pant first gestured towards the batters — Rovman Powell and Kuldeep Yadav — to walk back to the dugout. Then assistant coach Pravin Amre came out to the middle to have a word with the onfield umpire.

This all happened after the Delhi Capitals camp was left stunned by the umpires' decision to not give a possible waist-high no-ball. Delhi needed 36 runs to win off the final over and Powell had hit the first three balls for sixes. Rajasthan pacer Obed McCoy bowled a full-toss on the third ball of the over and the Delhi Capitals contingent thought that it was a no-ball. In the end, Obed McCoy was able to deliver the final three balls on a good spot and Delhi Capitals stumbled to a 15-run loss.