“We’ve not achieved something but”

PBKS made it to the playoffs in IPL 2025, after an enormous hole of 11 years, after which went on to seal their spot for the qualifier 1 as nicely, after they beat MI on Monday. However but, coach Ricky Ponting feels, “they haven’t achieved something but”.

“I’m clearly more than happy for the group,” Ponting instructed the host broadcasters after the match. “It’s plenty of exhausting work that goes into with the ability to obtain one thing like this as a group. I feel it’s fairly apparent to see that it is a actually proficient group which are all on the identical web page and heading in the identical course.

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“I imply yeah, it’s an amazing achievement until now however actually, in the event you look again, we haven’t achieved something but. That’s the one factor I’ve been saying to the gamers because the second we certified,” he added. Now it stays to be seen which aspect they finish going through within the qualifier 1 — GT or RCB..

“The imaginative and prescient for me was all the time to complete within the prime two, and we’ve bought there now. It’s a very joyful group and we’ve loved our time in one another’s firm for the final ten weeks, however we’ve bought one other week to go but.” Ponting then additionally opened up on how he was eager to work once more with Shreyas Iyer — the identical man, who he had taken DC to remaining in 2020.

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“I used to be fairly eager to work with him Iyer once more. It was fairly apparent that how a lot cash I used to be keen to spend on him on the public sale. We had an amazing working relationship in Delhi, we made a remaining in Delhi below his captaincy. I’ve identified him as an individual and as a participant for a very long time.

“He’s a high quality individual and while you’ve bought high quality individuals round your group, while you’re making an attempt to make a distinction and also you’re making an attempt to alter tradition, that’s what you want. When you spoke to the gamers individually, I feel each single one among them would give Shreyas an amazing rap as a result of he has spent plenty of time with them,” Ponting mentioned.