Axar helps Delhi defeat mighty Mumbai

Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets in their IPL match here on Sunday.

Lalit Yadav smashed 48 not out off 38 balls down the order as DC chased down the target of 178 with 10 balls to spare.

Axar Patel also chipped in with a 17-ball 38 not out, while opener Prithvi Shaw contributed 38.
Kuldeep Yadav, Player of the Match, said, ‘It was a difficult time for me. I was out with injury for five months. It was important for me to go for the rehab and thanks to the facilities and trainers at the NCA, I recovered very well and in time to get back into the Indian set up.

And slowly I started match preparation and when I started playing the games, I got the confidence and Rohit motivated me a lot.

Whatever changes need to be done, I had that communication with him. And here in the Delhi set up I spoke to Ricky (Ponting) and he backed me a lot.

I was lacking rhythm from a long time and I worked on my rhythm a lot and never compromised on turning the ball despite the variation in pace.’

Rohit Sharma, losing captain, said, ‘: I thought it was a good score. It didn’t look like a pitch where you can get 170+ at the start but we played in the middle and finished well. Just didn’t bowl according to our plans. Never been the talk (of badly wanting to win the first game). We always come prepared whether it’s the first game or last game. We want to win every game.

Things didn’t go according to plan but that can happen. Just need to stay close as a group and take the learnings. Disappointed with the loss but not the end.’

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