TA Sekhar confident Daredevils will bounce back – Cricket News Update
The #http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472ag3# Daredevils' mentor, T.A. Sekhar, is hopeful his side will bounce back from the nine-wicket humiliation at the hands of title holders Chennai Super Kings and will return triumphant in their ensuing three games of the league stage of ongoing IPL-V.
After finishing at the bottom last season, the Sehwag-led Daredevils made a strong comeback this year and have been the most consistent performer of the ongoing season five before suffering a surprising nine-wicket crushing at the hands of defending champions
over the weekend.
Sekhar said that losing four wickets in the powerplay overs cost them the game against Chennai. However, he maintained that they were not worried about their crushing and will look to extend their lead when playing against Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 at home, Feroz
Shah Kotla, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.
"We lost our top batsmen pretty quickly during the last match. There are times when a team loses three or four wickets in this format. It happens in T20 regularly. We should have played better cricket but we are not worried about our loss," said the Delhi
Daredevils mentor and a former Indian fast bowler on the eve of the match, adding that they would not repeat the mistakes they had committed in their previous game.
The Delhi skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 (476 runs from 13 innings) has been leading the side from the front right from the start of the tournament and finds himself among the top ten run scorers of the season so far. Asked if the Sehwag has become Delhi’s Mr.
Dependent, Sekhar said, "He has scored five consecutive T20 half centuries and that is a record. But you can't score everyday. In the last match, he was out to a beauty."
Replying to a query regarding Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915’s absence against Chennai, the Daredevils' mentor said that the New Zealander was not completely fit ahead of the previous game. However, he said that Taylor is a big hitter and will make the cut for the Kings XI
game, if fully fit.
With nine wins in 13 outings, Sehwag’s Daredevils sit at the top of the IPL-V points table. However, with seven out of the total nine teams still fighting for a berth in playoffs, the Delhi based franchise needs to win at least two of their ensuing three
games to confirm a spot in the semis.
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