Rohit just couldn't get going in the middle stages - Ponting
Mumbai Indians coach Ricky Ponting said that his side's inability to maintain momentum in the middle overs of a 165-run chase against Delhi Daredevils was one of the main factors for their 10-run loss in Delhi
Try to bowl yorkers as fast as I can - Morris
Delhi Daredevils' quick bowler Chris Morris, who defended 20 runs off the final over against Mumbai Indians on Saturday, praised his captain Zaheer Khan's strategies in the end overs of the match. A string of quiet overs from Daredevils' spinners had stifled Mumbai's chase of 165 leaving them with an equation of 42 off the last three overs, which were bowled by Morris and Zaheer.
"If it was left to me I would have bowled my third over at [Kieron] Pollard as soon as he came in [the 15th over with Mumbai at 110 for 4], but Zak (Zaheer Khan) being the genius that he is, decided that he would save me for the end with himself," Morris told iplt20.com. "A genius move by the man; it came off today, it could have backfired horribly. But he has played so many games of cricket and taken so many wickets in his career for a reason. He is very experienced and I think he was brilliant today."
On his role as an end-overs bowler, Morris said he stuck to a simple plan: "I try and stay calm, believe in what I do and bowl my yorkers as fast as I can. So there might be simple things, but for me I am here to bowl yorkers and bowl fast. That's basically the plan and, luckily, today it counted for me."