How did Delhi Capitals lose despite scoring 264 runs? Where did Akshar Patel and Company go wrong, Venugopal told

New Delhi. On losing the IPL match against Punjab Kings despite scoring big, Delhi Capitals Cricket Director Venugopal Rao said that the team lost due to poor fielding and injury to Lungi Ngidi. Capitals scored 264 runs for two wickets with the help of Lokesh Rahul’s unbeaten 152 runs, but Punjab Kings won the match by scoring 265 runs with seven balls remaining. Venugopal said, we dropped about six catches. If you drop catches at important times, it is difficult to win the match. We should have capitalized on the opportunities of players like Prabhasimran, Priyansh Arya and Shreyas. If we drop the catch, we cannot save the target. On Angidi’s injury, he said that at the moment it seems the injury is not serious.

The player is currently in the hospital, we will give an update, but there is nothing to worry about. Angidi was taken to the hospital by ambulance after being injured, now her condition is fine and she will be discharged soon. In the third over of Punjab’s innings, Lungi Ngidi, standing at mid-off, ran to catch Priyansh Arya’s shot, but could not guess correctly and fell. During this, the shoulder and head hit the ground. Venugopal said, safety of the players is most important. If Ngidi had bowled, four overs would have made a big difference for the team. He has bowled well in all the matches. Hopefully Ngidi will recover soon and return.

Praising Rahul, Venugopal said, the credit for scoring such a big score goes to KL Rahul. He batted brilliantly. It was difficult to understand what the pitch was like, but Rahul played good shots continuously. His game was praiseworthy till the last over. Our batsmen also adapted themselves according to the conditions, credit should be given to them for this.

No one expected the pitch to be so good. Punjab also batted well and did not let the match slip away. His batting in the first six overs changed the match. Venugopal said that Punjab had decided the course of the match in the power play itself. He said, we had not taken Punjab lightly. They are playing good cricket and were on top of the points table. In this format, teams play aggressively. Powerplay is very important. When he scored more than 110 runs in six overs, the course of the match changed from there.