Needing 23 off 21 balls, it looked like the Delhi Capitals was set to cruise to its third win of this edition of the Indian Premier League when Mohammed Shami dismissed Rishabh Pant. After that, the Kings XI Punjab picked seven wickets for just eight runs as it won a nail-biting encounter by 14 runs.
Ashwin
Mohali:
“When Rishabh hit the six, we just needed to hang in there. Credit to Shami and Curran. We were probably 25 runs short. We backed ourselves to defend with three spinners. All in all, dew also came in and played a factor,” he said.
Ashwin said that the idea was to give Curran freedom to express himself. “We thought Chris (Gayle) wasn’t there. We wanted to give him all the license up front. We are quite a bunch with experience and a lot of youngsters. We have to keep ourselves fresh,” he said. Ashwin also praised the crowd which kept supporting the home team even when Delhi was in cruise mode.
Speaking after the game on Monday here, KXIP skipper R. Ashwin made no bones about the fact that his team had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as DC looked to be cruising home with Pant and Colin Ingram looking very comfortable in the middle.
“When Rishabh hit the six, we just needed to hang in there. Credit to Shami and Curran. We were probably 25 runs short. We backed ourselves to defend with three spinners. All in all, dew also came in and played a factor,” he said.
Ashwin said that the idea was to give Curran freedom to express himself. “We thought Chris (Gayle) wasn’t there. We wanted to give him all the license up front. We are quite a bunch with experience and a lot of youngsters. We have to keep ourselves fresh,” he said. Ashwin also praised the crowd which kept supporting the home team even when Delhi was in cruise mode.