Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
Buoyed by their emphatic win over Mumbai Indians, Shreyas Iyer led Delhi Capitals will commence their home leg of fixtures with confidence as they take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) and Chennai Super Kings have previously faced each other 18 times in the IPL. CSK has 12 wins to their credit, while the Capitals have only won 6 matches.
With both the teams having won their opening matches (CSK beat RCB by 7Wickets having won their opening match convincingly against RCB by 7 wickets, Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium is expected to host a fierce battle between the two teams..
Captain Shreyas Iyer could only manage 16 runs off 10 balls but looked in good nick during his short innings against Mumbai Indians. However, the 24-year-old is pleased with the way his team performed and wants to repeat the performance on Tuesday against CSK
Speaking about match against CSK, Iyer said “We are looking forward to Tuesday where we will have another chance to build some confidence as we play the defending champions. It will obviously be a competitive match, but we need to make sure that we rest well, and prepare in the best way possible.
“CSK has a lot of experienced players in their side, and we saw how they beat RCB in their first match, so we will be doing our home-work and looking to produce a great performance in front of our fans at the Kotla,” said Iyer.
Delhi Capitals’ middle-order batsman, Colin Ingram, who scored a blistering 47 off 32 balls against the Mumbai side, believes that the victory in their opening match will only further help in boosting the confidence levels of his team. He said, “It was a fantastic game for us. I feel we were up to the mark in all the three departments. There are obviously areas where we will need to work on and losing early wickets is definitely one of them. However, we did have good partnerships also and I am glad that the boys down the order could also join the party after Shikhar (Dhawan) and I set up the innings.”
About Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten innings of 78 off just 27 balls, Ingram said “It was special knock . Last year I watched him from back home and he was in good form then as well. It’s a great sign for us that he is in good form, he is a match-winner on his day and it’s going to help in the coming matches,”