On the defeat in IPL 2024, Delhi’s bowling coach Hopes said, ‘Nortje will keep getting better’ – Dainik Savera Times

Jaipur: After Delhi Capitals (DC) suffered their second consecutive defeat by 12 runs against Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 12 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday in IPL 2024, bowling coach James Hopes believes that fast bowler Anrich Nortje will be in form in the upcoming matches. Will keep getting better. Nortje was playing his first match of IPL 2024 and recently returned to action after a long layoff due to a stress fracture in his back.

Although he dismissed Dhruv Jurel in the match, the South African fast bowler had to face the onslaught of Riyan Parag, who hit him for three fours and two sixes in the final over of 25 runs, leaving RR at 185/5. . Hopes said after the match, ‘He had to stay out of the game for a long time, but if you look at all the statistics, he is one of the leading death bowlers in the game. We are confident that he will continue to improve.

He also felt that DC failed with the bat after a good power-play, in which David Warner scored 49 and Tristan Stubbs scored 44 not out. ‘In batting, we started really well, we were ahead in the match, and then fell behind a bit in the middle. He executed death bowling well. Since DC are still winless in the competition, Hopes commented on the areas the team needs to improve on.

‘We need to organize what we do at the end of the match. It’s a match, I don’t even count the first match because we had to take a bowler out to include an extra batsman and then Ishant went out with an injury, so I’m not very positive about us in terms of a match. Not going to make too harsh an assessment.’Hope also urged patience from returning captain Rishabh Pant, who is returning to competitive cricket in December 2022, 14 months after recovering from injuries sustained in a fatal car accident.

While Pant has looked good in wicketkeeping duties, he has shown signs of gradually regaining his batting rhythm in T20s, which can be seen from his 28-run innings against RR, his 100th match for the franchise. Was also. ‘We also need to fine tune our middle overs batting. We get a little stuck in the steps there. We know that the solution is Rishabh Pant. He has played two matches after a long leave and I think you are getting back into form.

‘We’re going to see some very special things from him over the next few weeks,’ Hopes concluded. Delhi Capitals will aim to end their winless streak in the competition when they take on Chennai Super Kings at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the venue of their first two home matches, on Sunday.