Delhi Capitals (DC) batter Rovman Powell on Thursday (17th March) said that he’s keen to learn things from head coach Ricky Ponting during his stint with the franchise in IPL 2022.
Powell was bought by the Capitals at the IPL 2022 mega auction for INR 2.8 crores. The West Indies cricketer has been in a red-hot form of late. He scored a century against England in T20Is and then played some brutal knocks in the series against India.
Powell has so far played 39 T20Is for West Indies and has scored 619 runs at a strike rate of 138.78 with one hundred and three fifties.
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The hard-hitting batter along with Wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat, who was bought by DC for INR 2 crore, attended their first practice session with the franchise in Mumbai on Wednesday (March 16).
Speaking in an official release of Delhi Capitals, Rovman Powell heaped rich praise on head coach Ricky Ponting and is hopeful of learning things from him in the IPL 2022.
"As a child I watched Ricky Ponting bat a lot. We know the type of leader he was when he captained the Australian team and I think he is the same type of leader as a coach as well. He is really good and hopefully I can learn a thing or two from him,” he said.
Powell talked about the reception he received at Delhi Capitals. He revealed a conversation with Rishabh Pant that he had during the T20I series in Kolkata.
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"It's been very good to be in the Delhi Capitals camp. I have heard a lot of good things about this franchise. The players have welcomed me with open arms. I had a chat with Rishabh during the T20 series in Kolkata as well. He told me that he is excited to have me in the Delhi Capitals team,” he said.
KS Bharat also talked about joining Delhi Capitals and said that he’ll keep things simple and will follow the process.
“It's amazing to be back in the Delhi camp. I am looking forward to a fantastic season as a unit. It's been good to interact with some of the players during our first training session as well. I am looking to keep things simple and follow my process this season," Bharat said.
The 15th edition of IPL will begin on 26th March. Delhi Capitals will begin their campaign against Mumbai Indians on March 27 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
(PTI inputs)
