IPL 2022: DC skipper Rishabh Pant was elated after the win over PBKS.© BCCI/IPL
A sixth Covid-positive case at the Delhi Capitals camp on the morning of the match caused much confusion and nervousness, but the team made a conscious effort to shut out the noise from outside and focus on the match, skipper said Rishabh Pant after the nine wicket win over Punjab Kings. The cloud over the IPL game was lifted an hour before the toss time after the BCCI confirmed the match will go ahead despite a sixth COVID-positive case reported at the camp in Delhi on matchday.
“There was a lot of confusion because we heard about the positive test in the morning (Tim Seifert). We were a bit nervous and there were rumors that the race was going to be cancelled. But we spoke as a team that we have to focus purely on .” the game,” Pant said during the post-match presentation.
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw were in devastating form, propelling the team to a big win after a brilliant bowling effort that narrowed Punjab to 115.
The skipper said he never tries to give the duo unsolicited advice.
“Usually I like to leave them (Warner and Shaw) alone because they know their role. Delhi Capitals have to endure every game. Results are out of our control, but we have to give everything in our games.”
“On a wicket like this, after one or two overs, I saw the ball stop a bit and I thought I should use more spin. I thought 150 would be a good score to stop them,” said Pant.
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For Punjab it was a match to forget.
“It’s a tough one. We didn’t hit or bowl well, we have to put this behind us. Losing too many wickets too early, but I don’t want to dig too deep because the more we do it, the more negatives we’ll get. ” 180 was a decent score, but we came up far short of that. In hindsight I could have given up the spinners one or two but I didn’t then,” said skipper Mayank Agarwal. PTI BS KHS KHS
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