Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant has acknowledged that the members of the squad were a bit nervous about playing the IPL 2022 after being hit by Covid-19 recently. DC, after registering a win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) less than 48 hours ago, will now be locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday (April 23) at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Before the match against PBKS, there were six positive cases of coronavirus in the DC, with the latest who got infected was Tim Seifert. Skipper Rishabh Pant, following the rising numbers of the Covid-19 cases in their camp, felt that they were in danger of competing in IPL 2022 any further. He was asked how he and his team management felt after Covid-19 entered their camp following their resounding nine-wicket victory over PBKS.
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During the post-match interview, Rishabh Pant said, “There was a lot of confusion because we learned of the positive test in the morning (Tim Seifert). We were a bit nervous and there were talks of the game getting canceled. But we spoke as a team that we must purely focus on the match.”
DC, after skittling out the PBKS for 115 in 20 overs, chased down the target in just 10.3 overs. Prithvi Shaw and David Warner came out all guns blazing as they score more than 80 runs in the powerplay itself. Rishabh Pant, when asked about his message to them, said that he does not need to speak anything to them because they are well aware of their responsibilities.
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Rishabh Pant explained, “Mostly, I like to leave them (Warner and Shaw) alone because they know their roles. Delhi Capitals has to go through every game. Results are not in 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 was stopping a bit and I thought I should use more spin. I thought 150 would be a good enough score to stop them at.”
DC will now be locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday (April 22) in Match 36 of IPL 2022 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
