IRFAN WANTS TO BAT HIGHER
New Delhi: Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Irfan Pathan feels he will be able to serve the beleaguered team as a batsman better, provided he is promoted in the batting order. “I would like to bat higher up the order to actually show by responsibility and deliver to my capability, because sometimes batting lower down the order there aren’t enough balls left,” Pathan said. “I feel I can give a lot more to the team than what I am doing because I have the technique to bat higher up the order and actually play the long innings,” the 27-year-old added. The player from Baroda said he was doing a decent job with the ball. “Even in bowling, I think I am bowling fine. It is just a matter of taking wickets. The economy rate that I am going at is pretty fine, going by T20 cricket,” he was quoted as saying by the IPl website.
Russell likes to be in India
New Delhi: His legs slightly spread, knees somewhat bent, Andre Russell regaled the audience by crossing his arms and breaking into the Gangnam-style jig, and then won their hearts with a proclamation that West Indians playing in the IPl are treated “better” in India than in the Caribbean. “People in India treat us like stars. We don’t get that kind of treatment in the Caribbean,” Russell told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event last night. “I can’t explain the way they appreciate people in India,” the 24-year-old Delhi Daredevils all-rounder with a unique hairstyle, said. As is the customary in his part of the world, Russell loves “spending time at home, and a lot of partying.” A beauty pageant was held in the extravagant interiors of a city hotel to announce the Nissan and Delhi Daredevils ‘Face of the Year’, an event which saw six Daredevils players seamlessly slip into the role of an adjudicator.