News
Tue 10 Apr 2012, 12:00 am
Summary
DC batsman says his team needs to play good cricket to bounce back
Deccan Chargers suffered a heartbreaking loss in their second outing of DLF IPL 2012 when they were bested by the Mumbai Indians in a match that went down to the last ball. Defending a relatively modest score of 138, the home side appeared to have the upper hand when MI required 18 off the last over. However, Rohit Sharma (73* off 50) smashed two sixes off the last three balls to give his team a fascinating win. Shikhar Dhawan, who opened the innings for the Chargers, and top-scored for the home team with a 24-ball 41 caught up with iplt20.com following the match: Tough luck today, what went wrong? We played really good cricket. We batted well. We made a good total and then fought back really nicely, but at the end just bad luck. Dan [Christian] was trying to bowl a yorker [on the last ball of the match], and sometimes you just miss it. Was there much discussion on who should bowl the last over? We knew that Dan would bowl the last over. It’s just that it didn’t go our way. It was a great game. Today you won the toss and decided to bat first. Do you think you should have batted second? No, I don’t think so. In the evening, when we batted, it was a really good wicket. Those guys also took time [to get set] and it turned out to be a last-ball game. It’s good that we batted first and made a decent total. You had a good outing today. Tell us about that over when you took Pragyan Ojha apart? Actually, our plan was to get 50 runs in six overs and that’s what I was looking for. When they bowled left-arm bowler, I thought I can take charge and it went my way. A word on Rohit Sharma’s innings? He played brilliantly and finished the game nicely. Two losses from two games and now you have two away games. Do you think it’s difficult to bounce back? It’s good competitive cricket. We are going to play our best, give [it] our best. Today it went to the last ball, which we could have won. If we play good cricket, we can win the games.