Talking about Ishant Sharma who registered figures of 2/19 in DC's IPL 2023 match against KKR, which marked his return to IPL after 717 days, DC head coach Ricky Ponting said, "Ishant was crouped for a week." "It was touch and go whether he was going to be physically right to play," added Ponting. "Unbelievable [performance mate]," he stated.