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“Mavi bowled four on the
trot last game and bowled well.
Just did not go to plan today.
You need to be honest and real-
istic with everyone in the dress-
ing room. We have to be as hon-
est as we can with each other.
Hopefully, we can turn things
around. There is a huge amount
of talent in our squad but talent
alone does not get you far. It is
about execution,” he added.
shaw can do wonders,
says Pant
After registering a com-
prehensive seven-wicket win
over Kolkata Knight Riders
(KKR) in the Indian Premier
League (IPL), Delhi Capitals
skipper Rishabh Pant said that
right-handed batsman Prithvi
Shaw is a very talented player
and he can do wonders if the side
shows confidence in his abilities.
Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar
Dhawan starred with the bat as
Delhi Capitals defeated KKR
by seven wickets here at the Na-
rendra Modi Stadium on Thurs-
day. Shaw and Dhawan played
knocks of 82 and 46 respectively
as Delhi Capitals registered a win
with 21 balls to spare. With this
win, Delhi moved to the second
spot in the points table with 10
points. “Prithvi Shaw is a talent-
ed player, we all know that. But
if you give him the confidence
he can do wonders. Was only
telling him to play the normal
game. In this kind of match, we
can afford to think of a run rate.
The only thing we talk about
with youngsters is to just enjoy
cricket, do your best,” Pant told
host broadcaster Star Sports at
the post-match presentation.
“Lalit is an allrounder.
Hasn’t got a chance to bat but
he’ll learn. In the last match, we
only lost by one run, so as a team
we talk about we don’t have to
change anything. Definitely en-
joying captaincy,” he added.
We had to step up our bat-
ting: de Kock
After registering a sev-
en-wicket win over Rajasthan
Royals in the Indian Premier de Kock said that his side was said de Kock.
League (IPL), Mumbai Indians aware that they need to step up
wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton their game in order to win more COVID-19 situation in the
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matches.
Quinton de Kock and
Krunal Pandya starred with the
bat as Mumbai Indians (MI)
registered a comprehensive sev-
en-wicket win over Rajasthan
Royals (RR) here at the Arun
Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.
De Kock and Krunal played
knocks of 70 and 39 respectively
to give Mumbai a much-needed
win this season. “Obviously, it
was a little bit easier to bat out
here, but we still had to get the
job done. It was quite pleasant
and we are just happy to win the
match,” said de Kock while re-
plying to an ANI query during a
virtual press conference.
“We spoke about it, as a bat-
ting unit we know we have to
step it up now. We know it is im-
portant for our batting lineup to
start scoring big runs and start
helping out our bowlers, so glad
we got over the line,” he added.
“I think just genuinely with
our team, we are trying one of
Quinton de Kock of Mumbai indians tour four batters to stay till the
plays a shot during the match with end, but yeah, we did that today,
the Rajasthan Royals at the arun honestly, moving from Chennai
Jaitley Stadium, in new Delhi on to Delhi has helped a bit so I
Thursday. (ani Photo/iPL Twitter) am sure there will be a lot more
fireworks for our guys to come,”
When asked about the
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country, de Kock replied: “To
be honest, we trust our doc-
tors so we are pretty safe in our
bio-bubble, we feel safe. It has
been easy, we take precautions
wherever we go so I have felt
quite safe, it has been easy to
get on with the game.”
Jadeja is close to his peak:
fleming
Chennai Super Kings coach
Stephen Fleming lavished
praise on all-rounder Ravindra
Jadeja, who forms the “core of
the middle order” for the side
in the ongoing Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2021.
Jadeja had whacked 37 runs
in the final over of CSK’s in-
nings and then came back to
pick three wickets as MS Dho-
ni-led side thrashed RCB by 69
runs. The all-rounder smashed
62 runs in just 28 balls, with the
help of five 6s and four 4s, as
CSK scored 191 in their allotted
20 overs on Sunday.
“We don’t have a leader-
ship group. He (Jadeja) is a key
member of our side and he is
without doubt close to the peak
of his powers, that last game we
all saw, I don’t think we can ask
for much more. He is working
very hard, doubts were around
his lack of cricket coming into
the tournament.”
“He trained very hard, and
he is one top player in the world
in any format and we are lucky
to have him right now in his
prime. He forms the core of the
middle order and allows a lot of
options within the team,” said
Fleming while replying to a que-
ry from ANI.
Meanwhile, CSK returned
to the top of the table after
registering a comfortable vic-
tory over Sunrisers Hyderabad
(SRH) on Wednesday.
A late onslaught from Kane
Williamson (26*) and fifties
from Manish Pandey (61) and
Warner guided SRH to 171/3 in
their allotted 20 overs. In reply,
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s blistering
75-run knock and a fifty from
Faf du Plessis (56) helped CSK
to chase the target with nine
balls to spare.