Delhi Capitals coach’s clarification on Rishabh Pant’s tactical blunder in Powerplay | Cricket News

Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Pravin Amre during their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (SRH), the team’s decision to use Lalit Yadav in the main lineup was justified. The all-rounder SRH overcame a scare from Jake Fraser McGurk to beat DC by 67 runs in IPL 2024. SRH’s opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head showed off a gorgeous knock from Smoke Lalit in the first over of the match Slaughter, collecting 21 runs with the help of two boundaries and 2 maximums.

Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant gave the ball to Lalit in the powerplay, who conceded 20 runs in the fourth over as SRH ended the match in just four overs A score of 83 runs was achieved without losing. In the fourth over, Abhishek hit Lalit Yadav for two sixes and Head hit him for a six. Lalit Yadav didn’t bowl again in the match and ended up wicketless, scoring 41 runs in two overs.

The DC coach claimed that the team management was interested in deploying Lalit in the strong lineup due to his knowledge of the local situation.

“SRH’s strength was the opener. Other teams could not control it. We thought Lalit Yadav was a local boy from Delhi, so we took our chances. We must praise Abhishek because of the way he handled the game Lalit is useful because he is a local boy and that’s why we bet on it,” Amre said in his post-match speech.

“We are thinking about the right-handers. We saw dew last time but unfortunately it didn’t come today but credit goes to their batting as they scored a record 125 runs in the powerplay. Also Credit goes to Natarajan for taking the wicket on such a good batting line.

The Sunrisers once again relied on the superb power batting of openers Head and Abhishek to help them post a record of 125-0 in the powerplay, which is the highest in men’s T20 cricket. Head’s 32 off 89 balls and Abhishek’s 46 off 12 balls ensured SRH’s 266 for 7 in 20 games.

“Credit to the way Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma batted in the powerplay. The intention we showed was unbelievable. We also saw Jack Fraser Mai How Gook bats in his innings. If he bats twice more, we will have Abhishek Porrell as a chance, but we want to use him in the powerplay as well,” Delhi Capitals the assistant coach said.

In the match, SRH was batted first by DC. Hyde (89 off 32 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes) and Abhishek (46 off 12 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes) played in 6.2 overs An explosive performance of 131 points. Subsequently, the contributions of Shahbaz Ahmed (59* off 29 balls, including 2 fours and 5 sixes) and Nitish Kumar (37 off 27 balls, including 2 fours and 2 sixes) It came in handy, raising SRH’s win rate to 266/7 in 20 overs.

Kuldeep Yadav was DC’s bowler with figures of 4/55. Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel also scored six runs.

In the run chase, DC managed to keep up with SRH’s run rate in the first half of the innings despite losing their wicket. Jake Fraser McGurk (65 off 18 balls, including 5 fours and 7 sixes) and Abhishek Porel (42 off 22 balls) , seven fours and one six)’s knock kept the Capitals alive. However, DC lost momentum after the dismissal and despite skipper Rishabh Pant’s hard work (44 off 35 balls, including five fours and a six), the Capitals were restricted to 199 in 19.1 overs.

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