RishabhPant (DC): In the middle phase, I was under some pressure. But we did well towards the end. It was very special walking out for the toss with MS. He has been my go to man. I have learned a lot from him. We were thinking as to what we will do without Nortje and Rabada and I thought we had to do with the options we have. No, there was no effort for the NRR. Prithvi and Shikhar did well for us in the PP. They kept it simple and looked for boundaries.
MS Dhoni (CSK) : A lot depended on dew, and that factor played on our mind from the start and that's why we wanted to get as many runs as possible. The batters the did a good job to reach 188, because it was tacky until dew settled in 50 minutes later. We could have bowled slightly better, and if batters are hitting you over the fields, that's fair enough. The execution of the bowlers was poor and there were boundary balls that they bowled, but the bowlers will have learned and they will apply that in the future games. The opposition have half an hour in a 7:30 start, when the pitch is really tacky and the ball stops a bit, so we need to get 15-20 runs extra to be safe. If we get dew consistently, then 200 will be a must on a pitch like this. The bowlers bowled a great line when it was stopping and seaming a bit, and the openers got really good balls in which they got out and that can happen in a game like this.
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
18.4 4
Over 18.4 Shardul Thakurbowls a pitched up deliveryto Rishabh Pant, Boundary! Moves on the off-side and whipped the ball away wide of long-on and get the winning runs with a boundary.
18.3 W
Over 18.3 Shardul Thakurbowls it short of lengthto Marcus Stoinis,out Caught by Sam Curran!! Stoinis goes deep inside the crease and pulled straight to Curran at deep mid wicket and he makes no mistake.