Need to keep this momentum says Mahela Jayawardene – Cricket News Update
Following a much-needed victory against Pune Warriors, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils skipper, is has called upon his teammates to maintain a similar momentum in the remainder of the Indian Premier League campaign.
Delhi outsmarted fellow struggling opponents http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 by 15 runs in yesterday’s game, played at Raipur, which further allowed them to climb from the foot of the table at the expense of their counterparts.
Having been asked to bat first, the team lost the services of their skipper in the fifth over before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 and Unmukt Chand gathered pace to add 48 for the second wicket. However, both fell in successive overs to leave the side in plenty of bother at 68 for 3.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 then got the innings back on track by finishing with a quick-fire knock of 51, which included four fours and as many sixes. That propelled the away side to a competitive total of 164.
Warriors’ chase started brightly but lost impetus in the death overs. Openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 then pitched in with a crucial stand of 50 to balance the equation in their side’s favour.
However, a superb 18th over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 in which he accounted for both the batsmen and further conceded just 2 runs changed the game on its head. The home team failed to recover after that and ended up 15 runs short. The defeat now puts Warrior bottom of the points table, having registered just 2 wins from a possible 9.
Jayawardene is now looking forward to the team’s upcoming battle, and is hopeful of putting together a string of positive results.
"We had a really good game," says Mahela Jayawardene. "We had to adjust to the wicket upfront, which we did. Davey batted really well towards the end. The bowlers bowled really well. I thought 140-150 might have been par, 160 was pretty decent. We need to keep this momentum, keep working hard and get wins under our belt. We haven't been consistent, hopefully we can do that now."
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