IPL 2019 | You don’t want to start your run-up having two things on your mind, asserts Rabada

Delhi Capitals jumped to the second place on the IPL table after they secured a brilliant super over win against Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knightriders on Saturday night at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada was entrusted with bowling the final over of the game and did a fantastic job to defend the 11 runs that Shreyas Iyer’s side put up on the board.

Rabada, who was picked by the Delhi-based franchise in the 2018 IPL auction, revealed that he backed himself to bowl yorkers in the super over against the dangerous Andre Russell despite having other options in his mind.

"I thought, what do we bowl here? We could bowl bouncers. We could bowl slower balls. But it's risky. It's gamble balls. I wasn't really feeling (like) them on the day. On another day, I could have felt (like bowling) them. But today I felt (like bowling) the yorker.

"At the start of my run up I was thinking, 'do I go length', because Andre Russell is going to hit anything that's full. So I still second guessed myself, which is not a very good thing. You don't want to run in having two things in your mind. But again, I backed the yorker," the South African bowler said at the post match press conference.

The 23-year-old Johannesburg native cited the example of bowling greats such as Wasim Akram and Curtly Ambrose who relied on yorkers to dismiss batsmen.

"If you see, some of the bowlers like (Curtly) Ambrose, (Wasim) Akram, Waqar Younis (they) used the yorker as a wicket-taking delivery and surprised batsmen with it. The batsmen knew it was coming, but couldn't do much about it. Those players as also the likes of Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah are natural with the yorkers. But you can also develop it with practice," Rabada added.

Ricky Ponting’s boys take on Ravichandran Ashwin-led Kings XI Punjab on Monday night in Mohali and will look to build on the momentum from last night’s epic win.