Rishabh Pant, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, criticised poor batting of Delhi Capitals for failing to score freely in the middle overs, which resulted to a below-par target and Delhi’s defeat to Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 encounter at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday.
Prithvi Shaw smashed a 34-ball 61, but Delhi lost their way when he was dismissed, and despite heroic efforts from skipper Rishabh Pant (39 not out off 36) and Sarfaraz Khan (36 not out off 28), the poor batting of Delhi Capitals, they could only achieve a modest total of 149/3 in 20 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants overcame their own setbacks when South African opener Quinton de Kock smashed 80 off 52 deliveries, but Krunal Pandya (19 not out off 14) and Ayush Badoni helped them to 155/4 in 19.4 overs (10 not out off 3).
Pant said the due to the poor batting of Delhi Capitals the team fell short by 10-15 runs during the post-match presentation.
“…We were 10-15 runs short as a batting unit. We really wanted to give it our all until the 40th over’s final ball. The powerplay was fine in my opinion, but the main game shifted in the middle overs. The spinners bowled brilliantly, but we fell short by 10-15 runs “he stated
Ravi Bishnoi (2/22 off four overs) was the most successful bowler for Lucknow while Krishnappa Gowtham (1/23) also picked one wicket.
Delhi Capitals will now face Kolkata Knight Riders in their next IPL 2022 match on Sunday.
