Marsh delivery service right on time for Delhi

AUSTRALIA’S Mitchell Marsh on Monday said it’s about “peaking at the right time” after he helped Delhi Capitals win its second straight IPL match to stay in the race for the play-offs.

Marsh’s 63 off 48 balls guided Delhi to 159-7 against a disciplined Punjab Kings attack led by England’s Liam Livingstone, who returned figures of 3-27 with his off and leg-spin in Mumbai.

Delhi defended the total with fast bowler Shardul Thakur returning figures of 4-36 from his four overs to restrict the opposition to 142-9 and win by 17 runs.

The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi is making a late dash to enter the play-offs as it jumps to fourth in the 10-team table which is led by Gujarat Titans, which has already booked a top-two finish.

“It’s been one of those seasons where we’ve been stop start. In long tournaments like this, it’s about peaking at the right time,” Marsh said on his team’s first back-to-back win this season. “I think over the last week or 10 days, we’ve played some really good cricket and that’s a really good sign. We’ve got one more to go.

“We know if we win that, we’ll be in the finals.”