Delhi Capitals’ nine-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday kept them at rock bottom of the IPL 2023 points table, after they came close to the 198-run target but imploded once Mitchell Marsh fell. However, the Australian all-rounder defended DC’s inexperienced Indian batters who failed to deliver.
In a sensational all-round effort, Marsh scalped four wickets and then struck a breezy 39-ball 63 but once he was dismissed, the DC run-chase fell apart.
“We got a lot of belief in all of our players. There’s some inexperienced players in our line-up, but you got to have faith, you got to throw those guys in there and I don’t think the game was lost there tonight. There were certain areas of our game where we lost the game. That certainly wasn’t one of them,” Marsh said at the post-match press conference.
“If you look back at our season, we can’t blame anyone but we’ve lost a couple of really close games. It’s extremely hard to win games in IPL. And unfortunately, we’ve been on the wrong side of a couple of really close ones.
“But there are a few positives coming out tonight. But ultimately, I think chasing 195 was probably far too many on that wicket.”
Abhishek Sharma (67) and Heinrich Klaasen (53) set up the win for SRH with explosive knocks.
“I think his (Klaasen) innings certainly was a game changing innings, to be able to go out there on that wicket and start the way he did and take the game on to the fence. He’s been in very good form for Hyderabad. So fair play to him,” said the Player of the match.
“Ultimately, I still think that wasn’t a 195 wicket so we’ll have to assess a few areas of that.”
