IPL 2021: DC vs MI, check out who said what after the match
Rohit Sharma felt that Mumbai Indians should have batted better in the middle overs.
Delhi Capitals (DC) finally managed to defeat Mumbai Indians in the 13th math of IPL 2021. They had lost on four occasions against the defending champions and many had thought that Mumbai Indians will again win the game comfortably. However, the Capitals had other plans set for the pitch and Amit Mishra turned the game towards the other end.
The leg spinner was included in the team today and he turned out to be a great player as he picked a four wicket haul while conceding only 24 runs. He picked the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard. Rohit scored 44 off just 30 balls but his wicket affected the collapse. MI were reduced to 76/2 from 84/6 in just 19 balls.
During the second inning, the chase was not quite easy for the Delhi Capitals where Prithvi Shaw got out early but Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith started rotating the strike. Even after Smit’s dismissal, Dhawan continued with his bat and made some amazing scores and made sure his team win the match.
Man of the Match, Amit Mishra said:
“Just tried to bowl good areas, just try to take wickets. Different bowlers have different style. My style is to bowl in the air. Don’t want to change much. Sometimes the speed maybe. I try to understand the wicket and bowl like that. They are winners for MI and so I always go for wickets against these guys initially. I was worried but I knew our batters are smart enough. They have some experience now after playing two matches here.”
DC skipper Rishabh Pant said:
“When we started we were little under pressure. Mishy bhai got us into the game. Bowlers did a great job to restrict them to 136. We like to talk it into the ground, take one match at a time. He’s a great Indian player we’re trying to groom (Lalit Yadav). Can do wonders on pitches like these. What we’ve learnt is if you keep wickets in hand you can chase any target.”
MI skipper Rohit Sharma said:
“After the start we got we should have batted better in the middle overs. It is happening time and again. We aren’t able to capitalize on our starts and we need to understand as a batting unit. But you have to give credit to the Delhi bowlers, they kept it tight and kept taking wickets.
We knew dew would come in but we have seen that it’s not all that difficult to grip the ball in the last few games. Dew isn’t the factor, we need to play smart cricket to win games which we didn’t do today. [On his injury] It’s only a niggle. It should be fine.”