Published: May 08, 2017, 12:59 PM (IST)
Edited: May 08, 2017, 01:08 PM (IST)
New Delhi: Delhi Daredevils (DD) trio of Kagiso Rabada, Chris Morris and Angelo Matthews on Monday left the Indian Premier League (IPL) to join their respective national teams in the ICC Champions Trophy, starting June 1. The Daredevils, after yet another dismal performance this season, are currently languishing at the penultimate spot in the eight-team tournament. The Zaheer Khan-led franchise could muster only four wins from their 11 matches so far and need to win all their remaining three matches to have any chance of making it to the play-offs. The Delhi side will next face Gujarat Lions at the Green Park in Kanpur on Wednesday. Pollard-Simmons partnership took the game away from DD: Zaheer
Meanwhile, after Delhi Daredevils (DD) managed to chase over 200 in their previous match against Gujarat Lions (GL), one expected them to put up a similar show in the match against Mumbai Indians (MI), where they were set a 213-run target. But DD were bundled out for 66, handing MI a massive 146-run win. DD skipper Zaheer Khan believed that the target was gettable, but the partnership between Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons took the game away from his team. Simmons in his first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 top-scored with 66 off 43, but Pollard remained unbeaten on 63 off 35. With this win, MI have booked their place in the playoffs, however DD have an outside chance of making it. Life of a DD fan
Zaheer remained positive of qualification for the playoffs and vowed the DD will come all guns blazing for the next matches. “We are going to stay positive, regroup as quickly as possible and we have a break before the next match which should help us. Play-offs is still possible,” said the DD captain.
