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Delhi Capitals is having a very disappointing ongoing season of the Indian Premier League, as the team has managed to win only two of their eight fixtures yet. The Warner-led side continues to sit at the bottom of the points table scoring the least, with them failing to win their last encounter against SunRisers Hyderabad on Saturday. With performance below their expectations, the hopes for Delhi to qualify for the playoffs continue to hang by a thread. Though there are several reasons behind the poor performance of Delhi, the skipper of the DC team, David Warner has been called out for not being able to lead the team to victory in many matches. Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has also launched an attack on the DC skipper for the team's poor performance in the tournament. 

After Capitals’ 9-run defeat against SunRisers, Harbhajan said that Delhi would have lost by 50 runs had Warner played 50 balls as all of them would have gone to waste. In a video on his YouTube channel, Harbhajan said, "I don't think they can make a comeback, and the entire reason for that is captain. He didn't lead the side well, and then his form was an issue. It has been very disappointing. Warner was dismissed earlier today (vs SRH), which is why Delhi came so close. If he had played 50 balls, that would've been 50 balls wasted and DC would've lost by 50 runs." 


"Even now, when he comes to presentations, he says about other players' mistakes. But what have you done? You didn't show any intent; you scored 300+ runs but look at your strike rate. Warner hasn't really done justice to his stature this year. His 300 runs are of no use to DC. Warner needs to look in the mirror if he wants to find a reason for DC being at the bottom," added Harbhajan pointing out the DC skipper’s strike rate. 

In addition to it, Singh was of the opinion that the team should hand the captaincy to Axar Patel going forward to ensure the team's better performance in the rest of the tournament. Notably, if Delhi wishes to remain in the hunt for the playoffs, they need to win almost all the remaining matches of the league stage of the tournament.