Delhi Capitals assistant coach Matthew Mott has blamed their ill fate for Delhi Capitals’ failure to qualify for the IPL playoffs this season as well. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of their final game of the tournament, Mott said that they did not have the rub of the green in the second half of the season.

“I think throughout the second half of the campaign, we have not had the luck that we had in the first four or five games, which can often be the case in T20s,” Mott said in the pre-match press conference on Friday ahead of the match against Punjab Kings. “Definitely got the rub of the green in the first few games we played, and we are aware of that, and for us, we just need to be a little better next year as a unit. It’s hard not to sit back and think what it could have been.”

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However, the former England head coach said the Punjab game gave Delhi a chance to finish on a positive note and check out their young batters Sameer Rizvi and Abishek Porel, who have shown their batting skills this season.

“There’s still plenty of motivation (to play this last game). Yes, we had a disappointing end to what was an encouraging campaign. We obviously came out of the box in the early stage, won a lot of games early, but the second half has been patchy. So, I think it’s an opportunity for us to sign off on a positive note,” Mott said.

“The honest answer is, I don’t fully know. He’s not training today. But we’ll find out when we get back there today. Obviously, he wasn’t well the other day. He’s had a pretty rugged time with a few different little niggles and injuries. I’m sure he’s motivated to come out and play, but we’ll probably know a little bit more tonight when we go back and see the medical staff,” Matthew Mott concluded.