Veteran Indian batter KL Rahul once again stamped his authority at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as the Delhi Capitals beat RCB convincingly. He shared that the plan was always to play good cricket shots and that there were no nerves towards the end when Tristan Stubbs and David Miller were out in the middle during the death overs as well.

Speaking at the post-match presentation, KL Rahul said, “I could see Virat and Phil Salt weren’t happy with the way the ball was coming on. Us losing three wickets in the first six overs didn’t make it easy for us. So yeah, all in all, it was a really good cricket game. After losing three quick wickets, the conversation was to continue playing good cricket shots and see how we could find boundaries while still putting pressure on the bowlers. We didn’t want to go into our shell because if the run rate keeps climbing, it gets harder and harder towards the end.”

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Rahul also added that there was a hint of reverse swing and also that RCB had quality death bowlers, which is why Delhi Capitals didn’t want to take the game too deep as well.

“We just wanted to stay in the moment, take it one over at a time and try to put pressure on the bowlers. (Nervous towards the end?) No, there was full faith in Stubbs and Miller. They do this on a daily basis for South Africa and in franchise cricket. We also knew that the last two overs were going to be a gamble for RCB as well. We knew that Romario Shepherd or maybe Suyash Sharma would bowl, which gave our batters a good chance to hit a couple of sixes. Ideally, we wouldn’t have wanted it to go to the 20th over, but we’ll take the win,” he further added.

With this victory, Delhi Capitals climbed to fourth place with three wins and two losses so far, giving them six points as well. RCB are in second place with four wins and two losses with eight points as well.