The Sunrises Hyderabad held their nerves
by keeping their campaign for a place in the Pepsi IPL 2015 playoffs alive and
to get better of hosts Delhi Daredevils, in a last over finish on Raipur.
By setting the target of 164 run target for Delhi Daredevils, Moises Henriques had set the stage for Surisers Hyderabad. Nevertheless, Quinton de Knock the Delhi Daredevils batsman cruising towards the target early on. But, Karn Sharma was into the attack in 9th over and gives the brakes to Delhi Daredevils innings.
By setting the target of 164 run target for Delhi Daredevils, Moises Henriques had set the stage for Surisers Hyderabad. Nevertheless, Quinton de Knock the Delhi Daredevils batsman cruising towards the target early on. But, Karn Sharma was into the attack in 9th over and gives the brakes to Delhi Daredevils innings.
Questioned about his plan when he came on to bowl with the opposition
in command, Karn said “My plan was to bowl as I normally do. My effort was to
contain the flow of runs and create pressure. It was a good thing that I got
two back-to-back wickets. The team needed it at that time and I am happy to
have got the breakthroughs and delivered,”
After de Knock hit an awesome half century, Karn Sharma the leg spinner drew him out of his crease and had him stumped. “My plan while bowling to a left-hander is to bowl at their legs so that they don’t get room to hit. And that’s what I did; he stepped out, the ball turned a bit and he was beaten by the turn,” Karn said.
Earlier, in the must win game, Karn had been promoted up in the batting order and had been come into bat in the 11th over when the SRH had only scored in 64 runs by giving 3 wickets. Talking about the move behind the promotion in the batting order, he said, “They had spinners bowling at the time and they also had a leg-spinner at one end. So if there is a left-hand – right-hand batting combination, it takes time for the field to get set. So that was our plan – to buy a little more time. I am an all-rounder by nature. But it is just that in the IPL, the chance to bat comes late (in the innings). But I always try to give my hundred percent whenever I get the opportunity to bat,”
He had an innings of 35 runs stand with Henriques and had been returned into the bowling attack by putting his name 2 times in wicket list in a difficult situation. Talking about playing under pressure, Karn said “The pressure is always there. We know that to qualify for the next phase we have to play well and win every game and that’s what we strive to do.”
After de Knock hit an awesome half century, Karn Sharma the leg spinner drew him out of his crease and had him stumped. “My plan while bowling to a left-hander is to bowl at their legs so that they don’t get room to hit. And that’s what I did; he stepped out, the ball turned a bit and he was beaten by the turn,” Karn said.
Earlier, in the must win game, Karn had been promoted up in the batting order and had been come into bat in the 11th over when the SRH had only scored in 64 runs by giving 3 wickets. Talking about the move behind the promotion in the batting order, he said, “They had spinners bowling at the time and they also had a leg-spinner at one end. So if there is a left-hand – right-hand batting combination, it takes time for the field to get set. So that was our plan – to buy a little more time. I am an all-rounder by nature. But it is just that in the IPL, the chance to bat comes late (in the innings). But I always try to give my hundred percent whenever I get the opportunity to bat,”
He had an innings of 35 runs stand with Henriques and had been returned into the bowling attack by putting his name 2 times in wicket list in a difficult situation. Talking about playing under pressure, Karn said “The pressure is always there. We know that to qualify for the next phase we have to play well and win every game and that’s what we strive to do.”
Karn
bowled 3 overs in that match by taking 2 wickets for 12, has also had to cope
with being taken for runs by batsmen on other occasions. Seeming at his role as
a leg-spinner positively, he said, “It is a good thing. You get to learn a lot
when you get hit for runs in a match and do well in another. And that’s what I
try to do, learn from every game that I play.”
While learning on his job, he had the opportunity of gaining from the experience of seniors, including legends like former Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. “I get to learn a lot from him. He has so much of international experience; he teaches you how to handle yourself in a pressure situation and other such things. He advises that when you are getting hit for runs in T20, then (the best thing to do is to) try to bowl your normal (stock) deliveries and not experiment too much.”
Karn has also picked a few things from senior leg-spinner Amit Mishra, who was part of SRH before being signed up by the Delhi Daredevils at the Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction. “I learnt a lot from him too. We bowled together for a couple of years and played together. He too talked about bowling and handling pressure situations. Everyone emphasizes that how you handle pressure is important,”
The Sunrisers have held their nerve to pull off back-to-back wins against the Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils and will gain confidence from those close games. “It is a good thing (to win close matches). We needed to win to qualify for the Playoffs and we will try to take it step by step and win matches,” Karn concluded.
While learning on his job, he had the opportunity of gaining from the experience of seniors, including legends like former Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. “I get to learn a lot from him. He has so much of international experience; he teaches you how to handle yourself in a pressure situation and other such things. He advises that when you are getting hit for runs in T20, then (the best thing to do is to) try to bowl your normal (stock) deliveries and not experiment too much.”
Karn has also picked a few things from senior leg-spinner Amit Mishra, who was part of SRH before being signed up by the Delhi Daredevils at the Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction. “I learnt a lot from him too. We bowled together for a couple of years and played together. He too talked about bowling and handling pressure situations. Everyone emphasizes that how you handle pressure is important,”
The Sunrisers have held their nerve to pull off back-to-back wins against the Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils and will gain confidence from those close games. “It is a good thing (to win close matches). We needed to win to qualify for the Playoffs and we will try to take it step by step and win matches,” Karn concluded.
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