It was class bowling in last six overs: DC skipper Axar

Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel lauded his bowlers, particularly “youngster” Mitchell Starc, for helping the team fight back in the last six overs and score an important five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their IPL match here on Sunday.

The win swelled DC’s tally to 12 points from 13 matches with a game in hand, but it also gave them an outside chance to enter the playoffs if they win their final fixture next Sunday, provided some other results go their way.

“We bowled really well in the middle overs to make a comeback. The last six overs, it was class bowling. The bowling unit refused to give up. Our ‘youngster’ (Starc) did that for us today,” Axar said in the post-match presentation here on Sunday.

Axar also said the opening stand of 105 between KL Rahul (56) and Abhishek Porel (51) eased pressure on the middle-order batters.

“It’s obviously special to win at home. One thing has improved that we used to lose wickets in clusters easily, but today we got a good opening stand, which helped the other batters.”

Player of the match Starc, said the DC bowling unit fought back well.

“We didn’t bowl too badly in the powerplay but they batted well. But we brought things back later and KL batted fantastically, and to finish at home with a win is always nice. Adjusting as quickly as you can is key because boundaries aren’t too big here,” said the pacer.