looking to get their campaign back on track, Delhi Daredevils have been boosted by the inclusion of Morne Morkel, their best bowler last season. Though he played last match against Mumbai Indians as well, he couldn't recreate the last year's magic going for 43 runs in his four overs.
However, Morkel is optimistic about Daredevil's chances from here onwards as the team has "identified" the problems that have hurt them so far. "It is not the best start in the tournament but luckily we have identified the areas where we have gone wrong. And it is just one of those things that you need to get better and hopefully now, from tomorrow we can get the momentum that we need going to go forward in the competition," Morkel told media persons on the eve of the match here on Friday.
"The mood is very, very good. The guys are still in very good spirit. We saw last year with Chennai Super Kings, they lost the first few games in a row and then they made it to the final. We are fully positive and we believe that tomorrow in front of the home crowd we can deliver something special," he added.
With the batting weakened, the Daredevils now rely on their bowling unit to bring success to them. However, with the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch known to be flat and slow, pace heavy attack of Daredevils would find it hard to contain opposition batsmen.
But Morkel differed. "last year our seam attack did well at Kotla and we do have certain plans that we need to execute tomorrow.
"The conditions are probably different than back home and what I am used to but it is our home ground and we need to use it to our advantage. If it is changing pace or bowling death overs, on the day we need to be street smart and just need to adapt to the conditions a lot quicker.
"In the last couple of games, we were quite slow to adjust to the conditions and I think it is very important as a bowling unit that we communicate on the field and with the guys bowling first change and second change and those coming back to know what to expect," Morkel said.