Delhi: Having bought a lot of new faces at the IPL mega auction this year, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting stressed that the players who have been retained by the franchise now have a responsibility to guide the youngsters in the team.The Capitals had retained four players — skipper Rishabh Pant, opener Prithiv Shaw, spin all-rounder Axar Patel and South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje — ahead of the auction and the coach is trying his best to get to know the rest of the squad ahead of the league which begins on March 26.
I have told the boys to keep their doors open when they are in their rooms and get to know each other. I am going to have breakfast, lunch and dinner with all the younger guys that I don’t know, Ponting was quoted as saying in a media release.
When you show love towards the younger guys as a coach or a senior player, you know that they are going to give it back.