SRH Outplayed Us in All Three Departments, Shares Shreyas Iyer
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|| Indian Correspondent ||
Delhi Capitals (DC) faced a 15 runs loss against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Abu Dhabi in the ongoing 2020 edition of Indian Premier League and after the defeat DC captain Shreyas Iyer said that SRH had outplayed them in all the three departments in the match.
"They outplayed us in all three departments and credit to them for that, we thought dew would come on but we can't give any reasons at this moment," Iyer revealed at the post-match presentation ceremony.
After having won the toss, SRH were put into bat where Jonny Bairstow shared two crucial partnerships - 77 off 57 balls with his opening partner David Warner and 52 off 38 balls with Kane Williamson for the third wicket as well and SRH posted a decent total of 163 runs.
On the other hand, while defending the total, leg-spinner Rashid Khan was pretty economical who registered the bowling figure of 3 for 14. Apart from him, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed two wickets for 25 and T Natarajan and Khaleel Ahmed chipped in as well to restrict Delhi within 147 for 7 in 20 overs, claiming an easy win.
"We were pretty much happy with 162, it was a par score on this wicket. We had no idea how this wicket would behave as this is our first game here. It was surprising and in the second innings, it (pitch) was two-paced. When I went in, the ball wasn't coming onto the bat," Iyer further added.
"Ricky went in (during the time-out) and we needed one batsman to take a chance as the required rate was pretty high. The ground is very big and we didn't capitalize on taking doubles. We knew boundaries are big here and doubles will be key for us, It didn't work out for us, hopefully, next time we can maximize the opportunities," he concluded.
