Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant is the newest India star to precise his apprehensions concerning the contentious impression participant rule after his staff gained back-to-back high-scoring IPL matches wherein chasing groups Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians got here actually shut.
Delhi Capitals posted their highest ever IPL staff whole of 257 for 4 after which managed to maintain MI right down to 247 for 9 regardless of some heavy-duty hitting by Tilak Varma, who scored 63 off 32 balls.
“We were pretty happy with 250 on the board but with impact sub it is getting difficult each and every day,” Pant mentioned at post-match presentation ceremony.
In order to cease the MI batters from stepping out, Pant stood as much as likes of medium pacers Mukesh Kumar and Rasikh Dar.
“Definitely, I can keep up to the stumps but the bowler also should be confident…. with batters like Tim David walking down, and today it worked.”
The skipper was all reward for Jake Fraser-McGurk, who has taken the IPL Universe by storm with one other brutal knock — 82 off 24 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes.
“He has been amazing since the first day and this is what you want from a younger player, he`s getting better and better with each game. The chances are increasing day by day, but we are taking it one game at a time.”
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With their possibilities of play-off qualification virtually over, a dejected Hardik Pandya spoke about lack of sport consciousness in his staff with southpaws like Nehal Wadhera and Tilak Varma not attacking left-arm spinner Axar Patel extra. Axar conceded 2 sixes and a 4 in 12 deliveries and in addition restricted them to eight singles.
“We backed ourselves to chase this. We could have taken a couple of more chances in the middle overs. The left-handers could have probably gone after Axar (Patel) a little bit. It`s something we missed out in terms of game awareness.”
He was amazed at Fraser-McGurk`s batting.
“It was quite amazing the way Fraser-McGurk batted, he took calculated risks, he played the field really well. It shows the fearlessness of youth.”
(With inputs from companies)
Source: www.mid-day.com
