Our bowling today was superb, says Dravid after 1 run loss to Daredevils – Cricket News Update
Though disappointed at his team’s narrow, one-run defeat to table topping Delhi Daredevils, the Rajasthan Royals' skipper lavished praise on his bowlers for restricting the star-studded Daredevils batting line-up to a mediocre total of 152 for six in an
IPL-V fixture, played at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on Sunday, April 29, 2012.
"Our bowling today was superb. We probably bowled the best of any teams against Delhi, who has such a formidable batting line-up," said the Rajasthan skipper while speaking to the media reporters after the match.
The 39-year-old former Indian skipper, who was given the responsibility of leading the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 opted out of the lucrative league at the end of last season, said that his team played marvellously against a formidable Daredevils'
line-up. He further said that Sunday’s game was important for them and despite losing the thriller, they will take a lot of confidence from this match.
After opting to bat first, the Daredevils put an average total of 152 for 6 on the board, courtesy skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 who played a blistering knock of 63 runs from just 39 deliveries, plundering eight boundaries and two sixes.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 took the visitors inches away from an exciting win. But a remarkable penultimate
over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528, in which the South African accounted for Hodge, conceding just 3 runs, turned the game in Delhi’s way.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 attack last night.
“Rahane has been fantastic… It has been a pleasure to see him batting the way he is doing now,” said the right-handed top-order batsman.
“He has put a lot of hard work into it. He was in the Indian team, then got dropped… He is doing exactly what the selectors expect him to be doing… Score plenty of runs. Against tough oppositions, he is showing his class,” he added further.
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