We threw wickets away: DC captain David Warner reflects on loss to CSK

A dejected Delhi Capitals captain David Warner was not a happy camper after his side lost to Chennai Super Kings 27 runs in their Indian premier League encounter on Wednesday.
The Aussie expressed disappointment with the batting of his side saying that the failure to rotate strike and throwing wickets away led to a loss which makes it very difficult for the Capitals to reach the qualifier stage.
“We lost a wicket in the first over. Our opening combination is crucial and we even lost a wicket to a run-out. We threw wickets away and put too much on pressure on ourselves. It Was a gettable total and we needed a better first six (overs). We couldn’t rotate strike in the middle overs. We needed to try different things but we couldn’t. You can be conservative, but when you hit a wide half-tracker to cover… It was there to be hit. We should have executed better with those wide half-trackers,” Warner said.
In the match, opting to bat, MS Dhoni blazed away to 20 off nine balls to help hosts Chennai Super Kings post a decent 167/8.
In reply, DC batters found the going tough and could manage only 140/8 in their 20 overs.
Rilee Rossouw top-scored for Delhi with a 37 ball-35.
Earlier, CSK never really got going as the Delhi bowlers kept striking at regular intervals.
However, Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja (21) smashed some much-needed boundaries and maximums to take them over the 160-run mark Spinners Axar Patel (2/27), Kuldeep Yadav (1/28) and Lalit Yadav (1/34) shared four wickets amongst themselves, while Mitchell Marsh took three scalps.