Unbelievable, says Faf du Plessis
Ashutosh Sharma walked in as DC's Impact Player with the score 65 for 5 in the seventh over. After the 13th over of the chase, DC were 116 for 6, needing 94 runs off 42 balls with four wickets in hand.
Hyderabad: Delhi Capitals vice-captain Faf du Plessis said his team’s sensational come-from-behind win against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL league game at Visakhapatnam on Monday reminded him of the famous South Africa pulled off against Australia at the Wanderers in 2006, calling that run “the most important single” of Mohit’s life.
“Unbelievable, it actually reminded me a little bit of the 438 game against Australia when Makhaya [Ntini] got that important single towards the end,” du Plessis said.
“That’s probably the best and most important single that Mohit Sharma has ever taken in his life – beautiful forward defence, just pushing it into the gap. What a story to get the big man back on strike to hit it for six,” he informed media after the match.
Ashutosh Sharma walked in as DC’s Impact Player with the score 65 for 5 in the seventh over. After the 13th over of the chase, DC were 116 for 6, needing 94 runs off 42 balls with four wickets in hand. “A lot of the cricketers, if you ask them, they would complain about the [Impact Player] rule in the IPL but this is obviously why that rule is there – for games when you think that you’re completely dead and buried, someone comes in and plays like that,” former South African star batter said.
“ I’m definitely going to drink some more masala tea to make sure I can hit the ball like the boys do at the end. To be honest, when I looked at the wicket and saw how much the ball was gripping and losing five wickets, I thought it was going to be an almost impossible task,” du Plessis said. “But it’s even great for the old brain of mine just to make sure that you can never be out of a game completely. The extra batter really makes a big difference,” he said.
“As an overseas player, one thing that’s remarkable for me to watch is the amount of Indian players that are so powerful and they have the ability to just strike the ball so easily,” the DC star batter said. “It wasn’t an easy pitch. There was a lot going on, but the two boys at the back end there, just the way they came in and just effortless hitting boundaries,” he said
