“I’m excited and nervous at the same time. It feels like I’m going to make my debut again,” said star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, upon being declared fit by the BCCI for the upcoming edition of the IPL.
Despite our best efforts under new captain David Warner, we could not come up with a win in our first five games, leaving us with a huge mountain to climb if we were to make it to the top four at the end of the league stage.
Skipper Warner’s fighting 86 off 58 was brilliant at the top but the boys ended up on the losing side chasing a stiff 223/3 posted by Chennai Super Kings at Qila Kotla on Saturday.
Five losses at the start of TATA IPL 2023 dented our playoff chances. However, we have risen to the challenge and has pulled off five victories from the eight matches since then. In our final match of the season, the boys will be eager to continue the momentum and close the campaign on a high with a win over CSK at Qila Kotla on Saturday.
Rilee Rossouw was the star of the show for us on the night as the South African dynamo’s breezy innings with the bat led us to our fifth victory of the TATA Indian Premier League 2023.
An explosive start at the top by David Warner and Phil Salt and a collective bowling effort, despite a Prabhsimran Singh century, wasn’t enough as we failed to cross the finish line against Punjab Kings at Qila Kotla on Saturday.
A loss against Chennai Super Kings dented our playoff hopes but our Tigers will be determined to carry forward their four-match winning streak against Punjab Kings in the IPL when the two sides face off at Qila Kotla on Saturday.
Axar Patel and Mitchell Marsh emerged as our silver linings once again, as we fell to a 27-run defeat against Chennai Super Kings on the road.
Mitchell Marsh scalped thrice while Axar Patel took two wickets and also contributed 21 runs in the match at MA Chidambaram Stadium.