We badly wanted this win: Kings XI Punjab captain Murali Vijay

May 8, 2016 at 12:06 AM

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We badly wanted this win: Kings XI Punjab captain Murali Vijay

Kings XI Punjab turn around their fortune under the captaincy of Murali Vijay as Delhi Daredevils came short of nine runs against the bottommost team of the IPL point table.

Kings XI  batting first scored 181. Marcus Stoinis and Wriddihamn Saha scored 52 respectively.

Kings XI Punjab captain after winning the match said, “We badly wanted this win. Can’t ask for more; they gave what they had. The wicket was good and 170 was par. We got ten runs extra.”

Vijay praised his seamers, “Amazing death bowling despite the dew. I told them to back your skills and do what you’re capable of doing and give 100 percent in that. Last four over, Mohit and Sandy were top-class. The way they controlled the innings was unbelievable. We were inside the dressing room and there was never a doubt in our abilities. We spoke a lot of things about the losses and they weren’t due to lack of skills,” Murali Vijay blurts out his joy

“Good game. I thought we had things under control. 180 was around par and we had the platform but few wickets at the wrong time. Credit to them. The ball was reversing and they stuck to their plans. Good death bowling, have to say. This is a big ground and a few errors were bound to happen. The wicket was playing very well and we had the perfect start. 50 runs off first 6 was perfect. The required rate was around 9 but we couldn’t just cross the line. Well, you have to look the how we are approaching the game, the fight, and other parameters to look into the nature of IPL,” Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan said after losing the match.

Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma followed it up by bowling with the discipline to give the finishing touches. Earlier, Stoinis and Saha gave a fine exhibition of batting to drive KXIP to a handy total. However, it was KXIP’s bowlers who held their nerve to keep their hopes of qualifying for playoffs alive.
Marcus Stoinis’s sterling all-around effort lifted KXIP to a thrilling win, resulting in tumultuous celebrations in the dug-out. With Quinton de Kock essaying an eye-catching fifty and the trio of Nair, Billings and Brathwaite ensconced in the middle-order, DD seemed to be in the ascendancy. But Stoinis’s penetrative bowling gave KXIP the scent of victory.

Stoinis received the man of the match award for his 52 run contribution and three wickets haul. After receiving the award he said,  “It’s good to be involved. You get opportunities to make things happen…and hit it out of the park. You are not always hitting the ball as good as you want to. The art is to grind it out when it’s not coming out. We talked to the skipper that when someone goes hard at you, you always have a chance. We have to keep training hard to continue like this.”

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