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Delhi Capitals captain David Warner said on Saturday that his team were wearing the look of a winning unit after their seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, and that the strategy was to target the pace of rivals Mohamed Siraj and just “take him on”.
The home team recorded a crushing victory over RCB at Feroz Shah Kotla as England cricketer Phil Salt played a fiery innings of 87 runs while middle-order batsman Riley Russo scored an unbeaten 35 runs.
Chasing 182 for victory, Delhi Capital made the target of a three-wicket loss with 20 balls to spare.
Facing Siraj was key, and both Warner and Salt went after RCB’s spearhead from the moment off, crushing him for 28 runs in two overs. Siraj never came back to give his full share.
“It was absolutely amazing. I thought 180 was possible (a score that could be obtained). The ball started to slide really well,” Warner, who scored 22 and shared a 60-run partnership with Salt, said in the post-match presentation.
“We said from the start that we wanted to try and target Siraj. That was our intention. We knew he was a good bowler and he was their backbone, so if we can match him, it will work in our favour.” The capital skipper also praised veteran tackler Ishant Sharma for restricting the Bengaluru outfit to a chaseable total.
“Thanks to the bowlers. They were great. They defended the 130 twice. We have a strong Indian bowling unit with Ishant (Sharma) and Khalil (Ahmed). And we look like a good team now.” “Player of the Match,” Salt, who broke his highest score of the season, said he never took his foot off the pedal once he got going.
We talked about facing them. We saw how good they were in Bangalore when their tails were up. The thing about my real strength is that if I really get going I won’t get my foot off the pedal so much.” South African middle-order batsman Rousseau said his team played with a lot of “freedom” knowing full well that losing another match could kill their hopes In this edition of the International Junior League, he also said it was a tricky wicket to bat, but Salt played an amazing innings on a hard-won pitch for the Capitals.
“He was amazing. It was a very difficult step. He was very slow and he was catching, he was turning. I think Salt put a blinder in the first six otherwise it was a difficult wicket.
“We can’t afford to lose another game so we’re free to play the way we want to. Just keep going as far as you can and who knows, we’re lucky and we make the playoffs.” The DC batsmen put the bowlers under a lot of pressure, forcing them to make mistakes, said RCB captain Vav de Plessis.
“We have to give the batsmen credit, they bowled really well. The pressure their spinners put on the spinners led to some errors. They made the bowlers sit up a bit after their power performance. They pretty much broke the back of the chase in the first six, the way they They were walking by.
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