We were 20-25 runs short of a competitive total, says Sehwag after six-wicket loss to KKR – Cricket News Update
Dejected after losing comprehensively to the Kolkata Knight Riders in front of an adoring home crowd, the Delhi Daredevils' skipper admitted that they were 20-25 runs short of a par score.
Speaking to the media reporters after a six-wicket loss to KKR in their return leg Indian Premier League match, played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Monday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 said that his side failed to capitalize on the middle overs,
as they could amass only 153 for 9 from their quota of 20 overs.
"We were short by 20-25 runs; we didn't capitalise on the middle overs,” said the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005, who also had his bowlers and fielders to blame for the defeat.
“But 150-odd was not a bad total. Our fielding and bowling was not up to the mark. When you are giving boundary balls, it is difficult to set a field," he added further.
After opting to bat first, Delhi’s top and middle order failed to convert their starts as none of their batsmen could get past 40-run score line. Irfan Pathan top scored with a 22-ball 36. Other big contributors include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397
(30 runs from 27 balls) and Virender Sehwag (nine-ball 23). Belligerent Australian opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, playing his first IPL match of the season, could score only 21 runs from 19 deliveries as the hosts finished their innings at 153 for 9.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744 bowled out the latter in the seventh over.
Opener McCullum shared another half-century stand with South African import http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 to put the tourists in the driver’s seat.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 and Debabrata took the side home quite comfortably
on the fourth ball of the penultimate over, with six wickets to spare.
When asked if spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601, the Delhi skipper said, "We decided to give the spinner [Nadeem] a chance because Gautam [Gambhir] is batting well against the fast bowlers."
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