Marcus Stoinis who played a blistering knock of 53 runs from 21 balls against Kings XI Punjab in the opening match for Delhi Capitals and due to his individual brilliance they were able to post 157 on the board. Despite Mayank Agarwal heroics for Punjab where he scored 89 runs from 60 balls could not seal the victory for Kings X1 Punjab as the match went for a tie.
The match went for a super over where Kagiso Rabada came up with his best bowling for Delhi Capitals as he took two wickets for just 2 runs against Punjab. Which Delhi eventually achieved by a shot from Rishabh Pant.
Stoinis talked about his performance and how he will be approaching this year of IPL 2020 in detail.
“I have come in with some confidence through good performances this year , but also maybe putting less responsibility on myself than some other years. Sometimes when you are young and you are in rush, you want to do well and you are trying so hard, ”
“So I think this year I sort of just wanted to express myself and it’s only one game, so we will see, you can turn from a hero to a villain quickly, but yes my focus is on just having lot of fun and trust that I will be good” He added.
The 31 year old star all rounder said that he has worked hard on his basics and he is looking now to keep things as simple as possible. He further stressed that when you are playing the game of cricket you have to travel a lot and obviously there is pressures in big competitions like IPL so it’s important to realize that you are playing this game because this is what you love to do before you step in to play big competitions like IPL.
Delhi Capitals will play thier next match against Chennai Super Kings on Friday September 25th 2020 at Dubai International Stadium.
