Sehwag takes dig at umpire for dubious ‘short run’ decision
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer was all praise for his bowlers and Marcus Stoinis ater their dramatic win over Kings XI Punjab in the Super Over
Marcus Stoinis did it with the bat and the ball for Delhi Capitals in their dramatic win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday.
Stoinis smashed 53 off 21 balls to drag DC to 157/8 and when KXIP needed one to win off the last three balls, he took two consecutive wickets to take the game into the Super Over.
“It’s a weird game, sometimes the luck goes your way, but it’s easy to become the villain from the hero. So it’s important to enjoy the good days,” said Stoinis in the post-match presentation ceremony in which he was declared player of the match.
“I try to close down the areas where the bowlers can bowl, and it worked today. It’s important to feed off everyone’s energy,” he said.
DC were on 127/7 at the end of the penultimate over of their innings at the Dubai International Stadium ater which Stoinis smashed 26 runs off Chris Jordan in the final over.
Additionally, the over included a wide and a dramatic final ball in which Stoinis was run out ater taking a run but Jordan had overstepped. Anrich Nortje and Rabada ran two runs off the free-hit to make 30 runs off the over.
“It’s nice that the IPL has goten going again, and tonight has been great entertainment. I thought KG bowled a beautiful over, and I don’t have any qualms about not bating in the super over - I think the let-right bating combination was the right thing,” he said.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer was all praise for his bowlers and Marcus Stoinis ater their dramatic win over Kings XI Punjab in the Super Over.
“It was difficult to stand out there and see the game turning in different directions,” said Shreyas in the post-match presentation ceremony.
“I would like to say we are used to this. Even last season we faced these. KG (Kagiso Rabada) is the winning performer, and the way Stoinis bated was game-changing.”
Rabada bowled the Super Over and took the two required wickets when KXIP were on just two runs. Shreyas also reckoned that the sixth over bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin was also an important turning point.
Ashwin, playing against the team he captained last season, took a wicket off his very first ball of the match and another off the fith ball of the over.
“It was important for us to get wickets, since the total was small, and I knew if I saved KG’S over for the end it would be helpful. Ashwin’s over was a key one, and it changed the game in our favour, but that’s what T20 cricket is,” he said.
Ashwin injured himself while fielding and walked off with a sling and an ice pack on his hand. Shreyas said that the physio will take the final call, although the spinner himself is confident of playing the next match.
“Ashwin says he’ll be ready for the next game, but in the end the physio is going to decide,” he said.
KXIP captain KL Rahul said that the result was “bitersweet”.
“If at the end of 10 overs, if you had said this match is going to a Super Over, I would have taken it. It’s still our first game, so lots of learning,” he said.
Rahul also praised Mayank Agarwal, who scored 89 off 60 balls to take KXIP close to the target.
“He (Mayank) was unbelievable and to get a game that close was magical. He’s been doing well in Tests and to get the game that close again brings a lot of confidence in the group,” he said.
DUBAI: Former India batsman Virender Sehwag slammed the umpiring during Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals’ Indian Premier League (IPL) game ater Chris Jordan’s run was adjudged not complete despite replays showing the bat had crossed the line.
Ater being pushed to the brink, the Delhi Capitals ( DC) held their nerve to edge out the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in a heart-stopping Super Over decider to open their IPL campaign on a positive note on Sunday.
Ater the 20-over-per-innings match was tied at 157 runs, the Super Over was enforced and in the pressure cooker situation, Shreyas Iyer’s Delhi team prevailed at the Sharjah International Cricket Stadium.
During the 19th over of KXIP’S innings when Mayank Agarwal and Chris Jordan were batting, the square leg umpire adjudged that a second run taken by England’s Jordan was not complete. Replays showed Jordan’s bat had crossed the line.
“I don’t agree with the man of the match choice . The umpire who gave this short run should have been man of the match. Short Run nahin tha. And that was the difference,” wrote Sehwag on his Twiter account.
Bowling first in the Super Over, Delhi’s South African pacer Kagiso Rabada kept his cool to snare two wickets and concede just a couple of runs to KL Rahul’s team.
Chasing, Delhi easily hunted down the three-run target to start their campaign with a thrilling victory.
Kings XI Punjab leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut on Sunday against Delhi Capitals, has revealed that he was more excited than nervous and all his focus was on to win the game for his side, which didn’t happen.
Meanwhile, Kings XI came out on the wrong side of the result in their opening encounter of the 2020 IPL, losing to Delhi Capitals in the Super Over.
Bishnoi ended with impressive figures of 1/22 despite bowling all his overs outside the powerplay, and bowling to the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant.
“I was a bit nervous in the beginning, but it was more excitement than nervousness for me to make my debut. I just wanted to do well and help my team win,” said Bishnoi to KXIP.IN ater the game.”