Delhi Capitals (DC) pacer Anrich Nortje admitted that he was lucky to have dismissed Eoin Morgan in their clash against KKR. Nortje played an instrumental role in DC’s victory last night, bagging three important wickets. KKR had won the toss and chosen to field at the Sharjah cricket stadium which favours the batsmen more.
Prithvi Shaw(66), Iyer(88), and Rishabh Pant (38) fired Delhi to set a massive target of 229 for the Knight Riders to chase. Kolkata failed in their chase by 18 runs after they could only manage to score 210 in 20 overs. KKR’s Nitish Rana scored a vital knock of 58 runs. Eoin Morgan (44) and Rahul Tripathi (36) quick fired in the end but couldn’t hold their wicket.
Some balls gripped, that one gripped and we got the wicket: Anrich Nortje on dismissing Eoin Morgan
In form, Eoin Morgan was smashing boundaries in the quest of taking his team to the mammoth target but it was Anrich Nortje’s night as he got him out. Nortje stated he was lucky to have dismissed Eoin Morgan. He also told about the worsening of the conditions due to dew in the later stages at the end.
“We had different plans – try and change it up, not go with the same thing over and over again. Could have gone for a six, but luckily we got him (Morgan) out. Some balls gripped, that one gripped and we got the wicket,” Nortje said post-match.
“We wanted to use the conditions to the best of our ability. There was a little bit of dew. Myself and KG tried to get a few to go through. We did it at the start. It got a little bit tough in the end, the ball was coming on nicely. It was a bit difficult, proud that the guys pulled it through.” he added.
It’s great bowling with Kagiso Rabada, really enjoying the time we spend together: Anrich Nortje
The South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje have taken IPL with a storm, playing for DC. Nortje told he is really enjoying bowling with Rabada and they both try to improve each other. He told they have been training together and improving their skills.
“It’s great bowling with him (Rabada), really enjoying the time we spend together. Trying to feed off each other, trying to find out what he thinks, what he does and it’s nice to be in the same team with him.
“We worked on our yorkers, we can still improve a little bit, but we were hitting them in the nets. We tried to touch on all the skills. We worked on the slower ball, we worked on the good length and then obviously on the yorkers. It was about the skills at the end and just to try and out-skill the opponents,” Anrich Nortje said.
The Delhi Capitals now sit at the top of the IPL points table with 3 wins and 1 loss to their name. DC will next face RCB on October 5 at the Dubai International Stadium.