The six-wicket defeat in opposition to the five-time champions stored Delhi at all-time low of the factors desk, however the workforce’s skipper David Warner mentioned there have been nonetheless lots of positives from the sport, together with the constant batting type of all-rounder Axar Patel, who, in response to Warner, needs to be batting within the prime 4.
“Axar should bat in the top four the way he is striking the ball. From the last three games we have played, there are a lot of positives,” mentioned Warner in a post-match presentation.
Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla’s three-wicket hauls, adopted by captain Rohit Sharma’s half-century and Tilak Verma’s 41, took MI to victory, however not with out nervous hiccups on the finish of the run-chase, which went all the way down to the final ball of the sport.
For three consecutive days, the IPL matches have ended within the closing over.
“You look at the last three IPL games we have witnessed, they have been amazing. Wrong end of it today, but the guys were fantastic. Rohit played a fantastic knock at the top of the order. (Anrich) Nortje is world class and that is what we expect from him, Mustafizur (Rahman) too,” mentioned Warner.
But if it wasn’t for Axar’s 25-ball 54, Delhi would not have been capable of set MI a goal of 173 to win.
Axar’s batting has been an asset for the Indian workforce and DC this 12 months. In 12 worldwide matches this 12 months, Axar has managed 444 runs in 13 innings at a median of 63.82 and a strike price of 74.12. He has scored 4 half-centuries, with the perfect rating of 84.
For DC this season, Axar has scored 108 runs, together with one half-century, in 4 innings at a median of 27.00 with a strike price of 168.75.
(With company inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com