Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that Delhi Capitals’ (DC) lower-order is the weakest in the entire tournament after their 23-run defeat to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday, April 11, as well. They had shuffled with their batting order after dropping Nitish Rana and Vipraj Nigam from their playing XI as well.

“How many mistakes did Delhi make today? Did not finish Kuldeep’s spell, Natarajan conceded 50 runs, and he was bowling slower balls into the surface to Sanju. If there is one ball that you cannot bowl to Sanju, it is the short ball with enough time for him to play it. By the time he ended his spell, he did not use the yorker only,” R Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

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“Delhi has another problem, their lower-order is the weakest in the tournament. Today Auqib Nabi played, he got 2 overs, Kuldeep bowled 2 overs, their spells remained unfinished. The way KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka started this game, they could have won this easily,” he again added.

However, Delhi Capitals were comfortably placed at 61-0 in the fifth over at one stage, but lost four wickets soon in the next three overs to find themselves reeling at 76-4. Although David Miller and Tristan Stubbs added a partnership, they fell short in the end.

“We got off to a good start, but after the powerplay, losing a couple of wickets in quick succession broke the momentum. In a chase like this, clusters of wickets make things very difficult, and that’s where the game started slipping away from us,” Axar Patel said during the post-match presentation.