Mahela Jayawardene says 8-wicket win over Warriors was all-round effort – Cricket News Update
The Delhi Daredevils' opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Tuesday was an outcome of an all-round performance from his side, with bowlers, fielders and batsmen, all chipping
in well.
“All the bowlers bowled to the plans and the batsmen clicked as well. It was an all-round performance from us,” said the Sri Lankan top order batsman, after his side clinched an eight-wicket win over Pune warriors in their return leg
Indian Premier League match at Pune’s home ground, Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Stadium.
“The new guys came in and did really well. That helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806) play their own game. We have been pretty consistent right through the tournament,” he added further.
After Pune skipper opted to bat first, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 in the first two overs of the day with only one run on the
board, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 struck painstaking half-centuries to take the side to a decent but chaseable total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601, Pawan Negi and Shahbaz Naveed all delivered their quotas of four overs at an economy rate of less than six an over.
The last match between the two outfits, at Delhi’s home, was won by the Warriors by 20 runs. Jayawardene said that with a win in the return leg fixture, they have tried to rectify the mistakes of the previous game.
“After losing the last match, it’s an important win for us. We made mistakes in the last match and here, we tried to rectify those,” maintained the Sri Lankan skipper, who scored 18 runs in yesterday’s match before falling run out.
Jayawardene also heaped praise on Virender Sehwag’s captaincy, saying he gives the youngsters a lot of freedom to play their own game, but makes them http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to the plan.
“We usually have short but effective team meetings. We have four seniors who have the experience of captaining international sides. Our job is to guide the youngsters,” Jayawardene added.
With five wins in seven outings so far, Daredevils find themselves quite comfortable at the top of the points table, but Mahela warned the side against complacency saying it’s a long tournament and any four teams can make it to the
playoffs.
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