2024-04-29 22:07:41
Kolkata: Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant blamed the batsmen for their seven-wicket defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Monday, saying his team did not score enough runs. Delhi lost wickets at regular intervals in front of the sharp bowling of Varun Chakraborty (three wickets for 16 runs), Harshit Rana (two wickets for 28 runs) and Vaibhav Arora (two wickets for 29 runs) and the team scored only 153 runs for nine wickets. Could.
In response, Knight Riders registered an easy victory by scoring 157 runs for three wickets in 16.3 overs, thanks to Phil Salt’s inning of 68 runs in 33 balls with five sixes and seven fours. Kuldeep Yadav (35 not out in 26 balls, five fours, one six), who came to bat at number nine, was the top scorer for Delhi, while apart from him, Pant (27 runs in 20 balls, two fours, one six) was the only one to reach the figure of 20 runs. Could cross.
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Pant blamed the batsmen for the defeat
Rishabh Pant defended the decision to bat first after winning the toss. Pant said after the match, ‘I think it (batting first) was a good choice. But as a batting unit we did not bat well. 150 runs (153 runs) was definitely not a fighting score. But it is part of cricket. We have a long break ahead of us, where we can learn from our mistakes.
He further said, ‘Sometimes it is not your day. The way we were going was great. You cannot survive every time in T20 cricket. We scored 40-50 runs less. I think anything between 180 to 210 would have been a good target. The bowlers got a lot of help. But as a batting unit we did not give them enough runs.