Quick reminder – the IPL is a marathon and not a sprint: DC mentor Kevin Pietersen sends cautionary message after side’s good start | Ipl News
Delhi Capitals four games into the season are yet to be beaten. This is the first time in the hory of the tournament Delhi-based franchise has won all the first four games. KL Rahul in the last couple of games has shown he has been in sublime form. The bowling attack too as a collective has been able to deliver good performances. However, the mentor of the franchise would send a message of caution to the team.
“Quick reminder – the IPL is a marathon and not a sprint,” Kevin Pietersen wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Whilst it’s so good that we’re playing like we are, all of us know that the biggest games are in May! It is so nice to be winning for our @DelhiCapitals supporters though. Special mention to our young superstar, Vippi! Some young man he is!”
The wizardry of Kuldeep and Nigam helped the Capitals stage a stirring comeback to restrict RCB to a below-par 163 for seven on Thursday. Left-arm wr spinner Kuldeep (2/17) and leg-spinner Nigam (2/18) adjusted their lengths beautifully to halt RCB after the Capitals chose to bowl first. But Delhi’s decision to field looked utterly obtuse as Royal Challengers went off the blocks like a galloping horse, going past the 50-run mark in just three overs.
Central to that charge was opener Phil Salt’s turbo-charged innings of 37 off 17 balls. The England batter hammered Mitchell Starc for a sequence of 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 to collect 24 runs in the third over. However, Salt got run out in a yes-no situation involving Virat Kohli (22, 14b). Kohli and Salt added 61 runs off 24 balls for the opening stand. But the introduction of Nigam proved a course-altering point.
