Delhi Capitals (DC) secured a close victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) as the outcome was decided in the super over on Sunday (April 25). Sunrisers managed to level the score on the last ball of the match and scored 159/7.
SRH may have succeeded in taking the match to super over, but they lost the match after scoring only 7 runs in six deliveries. Skipper David Warner ran two on the last delivery but only one run was counted because of the short run.
DC had no trouble in scoring the required runs and they reached the target on the last ball of the super over. Shikhar Dhawan, in the post-match presentation, said he was glad Warner didn't complete the run.
“Those little things (one short) make a huge impact, I am glad that David didn’t complete that run, we got the edge over that and we ended up winning the game,” he said.
Dhawan believes the game shouldn't have gone to the super over and they made a few mistakes. “It was a thrilling game and shouldn’t have gone to the Super Over. We should have won it easily, but we made few mistakes but that’s part of the journey. I feel that the two boundaries which Avesh got hit, we should have contained them. One-off boundary was fine but, it’s part of the game.
“We were dominating the game the whole time, shouldn’t have let it go that way in the end.
“It was very tough to bat especially after the powerplay, it’s turning and holding. Especially in T20 cricket, batsmen have to hit big shots. Kane Williamson played a good knock, he’s a champion player and he always shows his class.
“It’s good to win the game in the end. We made it quite thrilling going to the Super Over and chasing it down.”
Delhi Capitals will play their upcoming matches at Ahmedabad and Dhawan is looking forward to better pitches at the Narendra Modi stadium.
“Absolutely, looking forward for it (Ahmedabad) and glad that the wicket’s going to be a bit more better than this one. We are playing nice as a team. We are not depending on one player," he said.
