Control the controllable is right up there among the most used clithe get-out-of-tricky-situation phrase for most cricketers. If ever the phrase carried significance, it was on Wednesday evening for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings.
With Tim Seifert becoming the sixth member in three days from the Capitals contingent to test positive for Covid-19 in the morning, the players waited in their hotel rooms till the last hour, uncertain if the match would go ahead while their opponents were already at the venue.
As the remaining members returned negative results, just 15 players and a handful of support staff were allowed to go to Brabourne stadium. Languishing at the eighth spot in the points table, confined to hotel rooms, and the team engulfed in uncertainty, coach Ricky Ponting and captain Rishabh Pant turned up at the venue, delivered strong speeches revolving around 'control the controllable' and galvanized the team. The team had found its purpose.
This story is from the April 21, 2022 edition of The Times of India Mumbai.
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