Iyer, Duminy help Daredevils end Kotla drought
Fifties from Shreyas Iyer and JP Duminy, and their 154-run partnership propelled Delhi Daredevils to a 37-run win over Mumbai Indians
Fifties from Shreyas Iyer and JP Duminy, and their 154-run partnership propelled Delhi Daredevils to a 37-run win over Mumbai Indians
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu
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Shreyas Iyer, Man of the Match: The senior players have been backing the juniors. There is no pressure at all. I take my time, knock a few balls around and then attack the bowlers. This opening slot is helping me a lot.
JP Duminy: It is quite a small ground. The wicket was quite good to bat on. We still needed to bowl well. The bowlers came out with an aggressive mindset. We still have two home games coming up. Hopefully, we can make it three out of three.
Imran Tahir, Purple Cap holder: We just played as a team. It is a honour to wear this cap.
Gary Kirsten: We put both components of our game together. We had a tough time last year. I learnt a lot from last year. We did not have much depth in our bowling last year. In our recruitment this year we wanted to have good spinners. Unfortunately, we have lost Shami to injury.
Rohit Sharma: I think they played very well to post a total like that. We have to give credit to Daredevils. We did not take wickets in the middle. The same batting line-up scored 200 in the last game. We wanted to have the same batting line-up. We should have built more partnerships. Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel got us to a good start but we could not capitalise. We will go back to Mumbai and get ready for Sunrisers.
11:30pm: After putting up a strong total, the Daredevils chipped away at the wickets to rock Mumbai's chase. Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons got Mumbai off to a brisk start but the middle order floundered. Tahir was impressive with his googlies and skiddy balls. Mishra combined well with Tahir to hike the required rate. If the bowling was tight, then the fielding was electrifying, though the scorecard won't tell that story. Eventually, Mumbai came up short by 37 runs.
Harbhajan Singh c sub (J Yadav) b Mathews 9 (17m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 90
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