IPL 2020 | Was ‘lucky’ to have dismissed Eoin Morgan, claims Anrich Nortje

Sharjah in IPL 2020, thus far, has been a graveyard for bowlers and the trend continued on Saturday as the ground was witness to a staggering 438 runs. Batting first, Delhi Capitals posted a mammoth 228, and, in response, the chasing side, Kolkata Knight Riders, scored 210 runs of their own to make for a great contest.  But an anomaly on the day where bowlers went for a tonking was Capitals’ tearaway Anrich Nortje. The 26-year-old finished with figures of 3/33 in his 4 overs but most importantly picked up the crucial wicket of Eoin Morgan, who was on a six-hitting rampage for a brief period.

“It's great bowling with him (Rabada), really enjoying the time we spend together. Trying to feed off each other, trying to find out what he thinks, what he does and it's nice to be in the same team with him. (Thought process coming to Sharjah) We worked on our yorkers, we can still improve a little bit, but we were hitting them in the nets. We tried to touch on all the skills. We worked on the slower ball, we worked on the good length and then obviously on the yorkers. It was about the skills at the end and just to try and out-skill the opponents.”

“We wanted to use the conditions to the best of our ability. There was a little bit of dew. Myself and KG tried to get a few to go through. We did it at the start. It got a little bit tough in the end, the ball was coming on nicely. It was a bit difficult, proud that the guys pulled it through.”