KL Rahul Opens Up About Their Game Plan
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|| India Correspondent ||
Table-toppers Delhi Capitals faced a defeat to Kings XI Punjab in Dubai by five wickets in their last game. Although their batsmen failed to contribute much, in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed the second century of the tournament and lifted Delhi’s score to 164/5 after 20 overs. However, they failed to defend the score, courtesy Nicholas Pooran (53 off 28 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (32 off 24 balls).
After the win, skipper KL Rahul said that the result could have been different as well.
“When you play with 6 batters and one all-rounder. One of the top four had to do the job,” Rahul said. “Glenn has been batting well in the nets. He is a great team man and we know the balance he brings to the table.”
Rahul also applauded his fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh who did quite well in the death overs despite having Dhawan at the other end with a formidable form. However, Arshdeep failed to take a wicket but Shami took one.
“Shami was coming in after some confidence from the last game. Arshdeep bowled two overs in the powerplay and one over at the death. And he nailed 6 yorkers,” he said.
Notably, KXIP have now defeated the top three teams in the league and returned to the winning zone after having a bad start. Meanwhile, KL Rahul said that they were determined to win the last two games.
“The talk before the last couple of games was to beat two teams were at the top of the points table. I couldn't sleep after the last game. We could have finished it before and not allowed it to go into the super over. The game reminds us to stay humble. We would want to take the momentum forward and take it one game at a time,” he concluded.
