Mahela Jayawardene: Our mistakes nearly cost us the match against Scorchers – Cricket News Update
Though Delhi Daredevils skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 was relieved after his side’s close win over Perth Scorchers on Sunday, he was not happy with the way his batsmen performed against the Australians in the low-scoring encounter.
“We made a few mistakes, which nearly cost us the game,” said Jayawardene while speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony after his side’s nerve jangling three-wicket win over the Scorchers.
“We didn't handle a few situations well. We will have a chat, but our bowlers and fielders did really well,” the Delhi Daredevils skipper added further.
While chasing a meagre 122 to win, the star-studded Delhi batting line-up eked out a narrow three-wicket win with only three balls to spare. Four of the Delhi’s top five batsmen, including Mahela Jayawardene, Unmukt Chand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, were back in the pavilion in the tenth over, for a combined contribution of 21 runs; and it could have been a different ball game had Sehwag not scored a calculated half-century, and Ajit Agarkar kept his cool in the pressure situation.
The Daredevils needed 17 runs from the last 12 balls, with Agarkar unbeaten on 1, and Pawan Negi yet to get off the mark. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 in two balls, kept his nerves in the tense situation plundering two boundaries before Negi wraped it up with a four off Rimmington on the third ball of the final over.
However, Jayawardene was happy to see his players performing well after an extending eight-day break.
“We haven't played for a week. So good to get out and play a good game,” said the Sri Lankan top-order batsman, who took over from Sehwag ahead of the ongoing CLT20.
Jayawardene also had a word of praise for the Man of the Match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Agarkar-c972, as well as for the opposition.
“Ajit batted really well, the experience showed,” he said. “All credit to them (Perth Scorchers), they fought really hard,” the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 skipper concluded.
With the narrow three-wicket win, the IPL side inched closer to tournament semi-finals. They will next play Nashua http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856 at Centurion on Tuesday.
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