In the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Capitals had to face a one-sided defeat by 7 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match, Delhi Capitals had decided to bat first after winning the toss, after which the team managed to reach the score of 153 in 20 overs, in which Kuldeep Yadav played the highest innings of 35 runs for the team. . At the same time, KKR team achieved this target very easily at the loss of only 3 wickets in 16.3 overs, in which they got an innings of 68 runs in 33 balls from the bat of Phil Salt. After the defeat in this match, Delhi Capitals team captain Rishabh Pant defended his decision after winning the toss and he also talked about learning from these mistakes.
We did not play as a batting unit
Rishabh Pant said after the defeat in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders that taking the decision to bat first was a good choice on this pitch. We were not able to bat well as a batting unit. With a score of 150 on this pitch, you cannot consider the match as a fightable situation, but we will learn from these mistakes and move forward. The way we are progressing as a team is fantastic because we have won 4 out of the last 5 matches, which you will face some of those matches as well. From my point of view, a score of 180 to 210 would have been good on this pitch and we did not give our bowlers enough runs to defend.
Delhi will have to win the last 3 matches to remain in the playoff race.
The start of this season was not good for the Delhi Capitals team, in which they had to face defeat in 4 out of the first 5 matches. After this, the Delhi team made a spectacular comeback and won 4 out of the next 5 matches and also strengthened its position in the points table. However, their net run rate has definitely deteriorated due to the defeat in the match against KKR. Now it has become necessary for Delhi to win its last three matches to remain in the race for the playoffs, in which they have to play the next match against Rajasthan Royals on May 7.
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