Team Delhi registered their third away win in three matches as they produced a great bowling performance to defend 155 and beat Team Hyderabad by 39 runs in the Indian T20 League on Sunday.
Kagiso Rabada (4/22), Keemo Paul (3/17) and Chris Morris (3/22) took the wickets, but it was New Zealand's fiery opener Colin Munro who made the difference with the bat as he scored a blazing 40 off 24 balls in his first match of the season to help his team post a respectable total on the board.
The 32-year-old said that he was pleased that he could help his team secure a win. "Personally it is obviously very nice to contribute for the team in a winning performance. It has been challenging to sit on the sidelines and But obviously came to the side. But obviously, I relished the opportunity as Colin Ingram has gone home to attend to his new-born. The mood around the camp is also fantastic at the moment, and with three wins on the trot, all of us are Very pleased as we have played some very good cricket. The important thing now is to take this momentum into the coming few games, and make sure that we are achieving our targets," he said.
Speaking on what the chat was around the Delhi camp during the start of the second innings against, Munro said, "I think all of us felt that we were 10-15 runs short, but credit to Hyderabad for the way they bowled as well. It was not like we didn't try enough enough, but it was a case where they were excellent towards the latter stage of our innings. But with the ball in hand, the talk was to make sure we were executing our plans. I think Ishant, KG and Morris did a great job upfront to restrict them to 40-0 in powerplay on a really good surface. Even though we did not get the wickets early on, we did speak during the first time-out about how a couple of Quick wickets can change the whole game for us, and that is what happened."
Summarising Delhi's season so far, Munro felt that his team is peaking at the right time. "Look when you play a tournament like this, you can't always really worry about the end result on the field. You know you want to win Every single game, but the league is the hardest competition in the world. So for us to go out there and perform every single day, we know that's something that is not going to happen every single game. So as long as we are putting in Good performances, and the attitude's right, we know that we are on the right path."
