Sun will come up again, says Morris after Delhi’s narrow defeat

His whirlwind 82 brought Delhi Daredevils agonisingly close to victory and Chris Morris termed it as his “best innings in T20 cricket” but said it was “upsetting” to eventually go down by one-run against Gujarat Lions during an IPL match here.

Coming out to bat with Daredevils tottering at 57-4 in 10.4 overs while chasing a challenging 173, Morris blasted 82 off just 32 balls studded with four boundaries and eight sixes. He notched up his fifty in just 17 balls, the fastest half century of the season.

The South African shared 87 runs for the fifth wicket with JP Duminy (48 off 43 balls) to take Delhi on the brink of a sensational win before experienced Praveen Kumar and Dwayne Bravo produced brilliant final two overs to restrict Daredevils to 171 for five.

“It probably was my best innings in T20. I could have missed a straight one first ball and looked like an idiot but it was just one of those days for me when I got going from ball one. It was upsetting we lost but tomorrow the sun will come up again,” he said. “There was a lot of pressure. We need almost 13 an over when I came out. I told myself ‘give yourself one or two’. I just played my natural game. If the ball is in my zone any day I would have gone after it even if we need five an over. It’s just the way I play my game. ”

Morris said it was a good wicket to bat on and they were targeting short boundaries and not any particular bowler during the chase. He also praised Duminy for lending him support from the other end.

“We targeted the short boundary more than the bowlers. JP (Duminy) played hell of a knock in terms of rotating the strike and hitting his zones.”