Delhi Capitals have won the eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad convincingly in Vizag on Wednesday night where Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant stole the show with their batting. Though Pant got dismissed just one run ahead of the half-century, his captain Shreyas Iyer said that he does not want to control Pant’s natural batting flow. Even he said the same thing for the opener, Prithvi Shaw, as well.
“I personally feel you can’t really control Pant. Even Prithvi, when you stop a batsman like Pant or Prithvi, it hampers their mind and their flow. It was good that both of them came good tonight,” Iyer said in the post-match presentation. “I can’t control my emotions right now, because it felt like I have been sitting and watching for years. I can see the happiness on everyone’s faces right now, and I am hoping for another good performance and victory against Chennai.”
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Iyer also praised Hyderabad’s starting as well as Amit Mishra’s economical bowling.
“The start that SRH got, and on this track, it was really good. But it was us who controlled the middle phase. Mishi pa (Amit Mishra) was exceptional as he conceded only 15 runs. Our other bowlers also did well to bowl economically,” said Iyer.
Pant came to bat in the 11th over when the score was 84/2. Earlier, he took some time to settle down but changed the pace later. In the 18th over, he scored 22 runs off Basil Thampi and set the stage of Delhi’s win.
“If you are set, you have to finish the match for your team,” said Pant. “But next time, I will try and finish off the match for my team as I got very close tonight. I just try and have a positive approach, and while chasing in T20s, you have to have a big over. We practice every day with the same set of bowlers, and it’s about seeing the ball, not the bowler. Today, I didn’t feel that I was trying to hit the ball too hard, and focused more on timing the ball,” he added.
However, Prithvi Shaw scored 56 off 38 balls which made the winning foundation for Delhi as well.
“All this is dedicated to my team as they have backed me quite well. I wasn’t scoring runs in the last few games. All thanks to support staff, players and coaches for believing in me and giving me the opportunity as well,” Shaw said. “I was a bit nervous at the start but my coaching staff helped me. I believed in myself to get my form back and went in there and played my natural game. These kind of games I am always nervous,” said Shaw.
“Rishabh batted beautifully. Whenever we needed him, he is always there for us. We haven’t really planned for CSK right now, we will have fun tonight and leave the rest when we get to practice next. It is a big game against Chennai and we are going to prepare hard,” he further added.
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They will play against Chennai Super Kings next on May 10 at Visakhapatnam.
