Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant spoke about the victory his team registered in the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He said that they really wanted to win the match and now they feel relaxed. after the victory.
After facing a host of defeats, Delhi Capitals finally got their second win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. They beat Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday (April 13). ).
Delhi Capitals put up a dominant performance in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. They first showed their class with the ball and restricted the opposition to a total of just 167 runs. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of 3/20.
Afterwards, they put in a magnificent effort with the bat. Even though they lost David Warner soon after that with the young players along with captain Rishabh Pant playing, it was nice to see. First, Prithvi Shaw (32) displayed classy batting.
And after that came young Australian Jake Fraser-McGurk. The right-hander played a magnificent innings on his debut and scored a brutal half-century. He finished with an innings of 55 runs off 35 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 157 and also. he hit 2 fours and 5 sixes in his innings.
Captain Rishabh Pant (41) did what he does best by playing a magnificent innings. He, along with Jake Fraser-McGurk, added 77 runs as the Delhi Capitals paved their way to the dominant victory. They won the game with 6 wickets and 11 balls to spare.
Rishabh Pant revealed his conversation with the team before the match and stated that he urged his players to play like champions. Speaking about the same during the post-match presentation, the Delhi Capitals captain stated:
“A bit of relief, we desperately wanted a win. I was talking to the boys telling them that we have to think like champions, we have to keep fighting hard. (On bowling) We have phases where we are not up to the task, some individuals have to assume responsibility for it, but we remain united as a group.
I think we are getting closer to the right XI – Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant also spoke about the team’s combination ahead of the Indian Premier League. He also praised Jake Fraser-McGurk for his amazing innings with the bat and said they have found his new number 3. He explained:
“Some things you can control, some you can’t. (On team combination) I think we are getting closer to the right eleven, but we have had a lot of injuries in this group. However, you can’t keep complaining about that. (On Fraser- McGurk) Hopefully we’ve found our new number 3, we haven’t thought about it too much. I hope it can continue.”
Delhi Capitals moved to ninth place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table. 2024. They now have two victories under their belt. The Rishabh Pant-led team will next be seen in action when they take on the Gujarat Titans on April 17.