Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag gave full credit to Yusuf Pathan for powering Rajasthan Royals to the five-wicket victory over his side and said the right-hander just came in and blew the game away with his clean hitting.
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Virender Sehwag
Yusuf Pathan
Rajasthan Royals to the five-wicket victory over his side and said the right-hander just came in and blew the game away with his clean hitting.
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Yusuf Pathan hits one during his match-winning knock against Delhi Daredevils yesterday |
"Yes, we dropped couple of catches and it proved costly but when a batsmen is in such a mood you can't do anything. He came in and just thrashed the bowling attack. I wasn't expecting Vettori to go for so many runs.
He is such a wonderful bowler but Yusuf Pathan got it right," Sehwag said after the match.
The Delhi dasher said the match was under Daredevils' control till Pathan arrived at the crease. "Till Yusuf came in we were in control and we were expecting to win the game, but he just came and took the game away from us. You can't do anything to such clean hitting. All the sixes went 10 rows into the stand," the 30-year-old said.
Daredevils' dynamic opening duo of Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have not yet clicked in the second edition and the Delhi captain said it's a matter of concern for his side.
"We expected to score 160-170. What is worrying for us is that up the order me and Gautam are not getting the starts, but still I think 143 was defendable," he said.
Royals skipper Shane Warne also lauded Pathan and said his heroics with the bat ensured the victory for the defending champions. Apart from Pathan, the legendary Australian spinner also hailed Graeme Smith for his responsible innings up the order.
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