IPL 2021: ‘We have one of the best bowling attacks,’ says DC skipper Rishabh Pant

Delhi Capitalsrsquo bowlers made up for the teamrsquos underwhelming display with the bat to hand Rajasthan Royals a 33run defeat in their Indian Premier League match here on SaturdayThe Capitalsrsquo bowling unit restricted the Royals to 121 for six after the team put up 154 for six on the back of Shreyas Iyerrsquos 43 and a late flourish provided by Shimron Hetmyer who scored 28 runs off 16 ballsRR skipper Sanju Samson looked in sublime touch scoring an unbeaten 70 but with wickets tumbling at regular intervals from the other end the Royals innings failed to get the momentum it neededNortje shinesSouth African pacer Anrich Nortje 218 led the Delhi bowlers who performed as a cohesive unit Avesh Khan 129 Kagiso Rabada 126 Axar Patel 127 Ravichandran Ashwin 120 snapped a wicket eachDelhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant on Saturday gushed that his attack is one the best in the league ldquoIf not the best it is one of the bestrdquo Pant said at the postmatch presentationldquoBut we like to take it one match at a time Therersquos a fair bit of planning as a team we plan according to the batters and execute according to those plansrdquo Pant addedWith the win the Capitals returned to the top of the table while the Royals moved down to the sixth spotDefending a modest total pacers Avesh and Nortje provided an electric start that the Capitals needed sending back both openersmdashLiam Livingstone 1 and Yashasvi Jaiswal 5 in the first two oversPant made a bowling change by bringing in Ashwin and the senior Indian spinner got rid of the dangerous David Miller 7 to leave the Royals tottering at 17 for threeWith the required run rate increasing Rajasthan needed 107 runs in the last 10 oversSamson and young Mahipal Lomror 19 seemed to be reviving the innings but the everreliant Rabada nipped the partnership in the bud Riyan Parag 2 and Rahul Tewatia 9 couldnrsquot provide a valuable contribution eitherSamson was going strong hitting boundaries at will but the Delhi bowlers came back strongly155 was chaseable SanjuRR skipper Samson rued the lost chance to grab two points ldquoA target of 155 with the quality of batsmen we have I thought it was chaseable We had the batting to go after it We will come back stronger in the next gamerdquo he saidEarlier the Royals pacersmdashled by Mustafizur Rahman 222 Chetan Sakariya 233 and Kartik Tyagi 140mdashshared five wicketsTyagi the star of the match against Punjab Kings drew first blood with his very first delivery in the fourth over cleaning up Orange Cap holder Shikhar Dhawan 8Prithvi Shaw 10 soon followed his opening partner back to the dugout slicing a ball off Sakariya to Livingstone at midoff At the end of the Powerplay the Capitals were 362Brief scoresDC 1546 S Iyer 43 S Hetmyer 28 R Pant 24 M Rahman 222 C Sakariya 233 beat RR 1216 S Samson 70 A Nortje 218 by 33 runsCheck out all the latest news and updates on IPL 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever