‘There was a problem on the screen, couldn’t see the timer.’ Rishabh Pant explains the  DRS mishap during the DC vs KKR clash

Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Gasp has been subjected to feedback after he fizzled to go for a DRS inside the stipulated 15 seconds and gave Sunil Narine a respite in the clash against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday, April 3, at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The Capitals endured their third defeat in four matches in the progressing Indian Chief Alliance (IPL) 2024 as they misplaced KKR by 106 runs after conceding a whopping 272/7 in their 20 overs. After the coordinates, Gasp was basic with his bowlers and said that they were all over the place. “Our bowlers were all over the place. We didn’t turn up on the day. Today was one of those days,” Gasp said at the post-match introduction ceremony.

“As a batting unit, we needed to keep going difficult as a group. I would, or maybe, get all out as a group rather than not go for the target,” he added. Narine was the star of the show with the bat for the previous two-time champions as he demolished the DC bowlers en route to scoring 85 off 39 balls with the assistance of seven fours and numerous sixes. In any case, the Caribbean all-rounder might have been expelled in the fourth over of the innings, as Ishant Sharma had gotten him to edge a conveyance to Gasp behind the wicket. In any case, the wicketkeeper wavered to select for the DRS, and when he inevitably made up his intellect to go for it, the stipulated 15 seconds had as of now been exhausted. After the coordinates, Gasp said that the fans were exceptionally uproarious and the DRS clock on the mammoth screen wasn’t obvious from the ground. “I think it was very uproarious here.

At the same time, I couldn’t see the clock on the screen. There were a few issues on the screen. But there are a few things you can control, a few things you can’t,” said Gasp, who moreover didn’t go for a survey when his inverse number Shreyas Iyer edged one through to him off the bowling of Rasikh Salam when he was batting on 3. Experienced left-arm spinner Axar Patel bowled a fair one over and conceded 18 runs. Gasp said that he didn’t need to bowl numerous overs in the high-scoring experience. In any case, he communicated his disillusionment at how the Pacers fizzled to execute their plans. “See, the thought to prepare was that we didn’t need to utilize spinners, but our quick bowlers were going through the movements. I think it is time for reflection as a person.

We need to learn from these mistakes and come out positive in another coordinate,” Gasp stated. The 26-year-old returned to competitive cricket after 14 months amid IPL 2024. After a couple of scratchy thumps, the southpaw has got his act together and has enrolled in back-to-back half-centuries. “Doing fine. Getting out there. I get a charge out of each day, but cricket has its ups and downs,” the Haridwar-born said approximately about his fitness. After his match-winning thump, Narine said that cricket is almost batting, and that is why he looks to contribute as much as he can with the willow.

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The inevitable Player of the Coordinate too picked up one wicket amid the DC chase. “Cricket is all about batting, so I’m looking to contribute more as a hitter. That said, I still appreciate bowling,” Narine said. On the group joke that he does not go to batting gatherings, he said, “I have one part, and the less I know, the superior it is for me. After the day, it is what the group needs. If they require me to bat, I will bat,” he added. Meanwhile, winning captain Shreyas Iyer was unreserved in his commendation for Narine and Angkrish Suryavanshi, who scored half-centuries against the Capitals. “As I said in the hurl meet, Sunny is there to take on the bowlers, and if he cannot, the rest of us ought to. That’s the arrangement. He (Raghuvanshi) was intrepid from ball one. His work ethic is marvellous. He examines the circumstances well. He is a keen player; his shots were satisfying to the eye,” Shreyas said.

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