IPL 2021: “Just tried to bowl in good areas” – Amit Mishra reflects on his match-winning spell

IPL 2021: “Just tried to bowl in good areas” – Amit Mishra reflects on his match-winning spell

Amit Mishra

Delhi Capitals (DC) got a win over Mumbai Indians (MI) today after suffering losses in their previous five encounters against the defending champions. On a tricky pitch to bat on, MI had got off to a flyer thanks to Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. The turnaround for DC was then sparked by the seasoned Amit Mishra who picked up as many as four wickets to rock the MI batting line-up.

The wily leggie removed the entire MI middle-order cheaply to put his side on top. In the end, the target set was 138 and the chase was handled in an assured manner by calm knocks from Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith. Although the match went till the last over, DC were in control for most parts of the second innings. They jumped to the second spot in the points table while MI remained fourth.

Amit Mishra and Rishabh Pant reflect on the victory

Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals

Amit Mishra was awarded the Man of the Match and he spoke about his performance saying, “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.”

Skipper Rishabh Pant also spoke about Mishra’s performance and 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 take 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.”

DC’s next match is against Sunrisers Hyderabad on the 25th of April.

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