Shipperd hopeful to end tournament with victory over Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Shipperd-c1507, is determined to end the Indian Premier League (IPL) on a winning note, in their last competition against Pune Warriors on Saturday (May 22, 2011).
The coach also said that they need to put in extra effort in Saturday’s competition and Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 to lift their position up from the last place in the points table.
Currently, Delhi are placed at the bottom in the IPL standings with four wins, out of their 13 matches played so far. Under the leadership of World Cup winning star, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, the Daredevils had a sluggish start to the tournament with two defeats
in the opening matches to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals respectively.
Delhi’s first win was seen in their third match against Pune, where they enjoyed a victory by three wickets. Pune set a target of 188 runs for the loss of five wickets, which was apparently too tough to achieve.
However, Sehwag’s side chased the target down through brilliant team work in 19.2 overs.
The openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356. The skipper scored 37 runs off 23 balls including six fours.
They lost the next game to Deccan Chargers by 16 runs, where Warner hit a useful innings of 51 runs.
However, the middle order failed to add considerable runs. In the rest of their matches, Delhi gave a patchy performance especially after the departure of their key performing captain Sehwag, who was sidelined due to a shoulder injury. Following Sehwag’s
omission, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Redfern-Hopes-c66024 took over the responsibilities as a stand-in captain.
Shipperd also asserted that they have a number of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 talents in their squad, who need time to mature. He further said that Delhi can’t rely only on the performance of their middle order, rather a team effort is needed to win the matches.
Being optimistic, Shipperd said that they have started their work on the next edition of the IPL and are hopeful to reach the semi-finals.
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