Bangalore: Smarting with four defeats in a row, Delhi Daredevils (DD) are under tremendous pressure to win today’s league tie against hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Pepsi IPL-6 T-20 tournament at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in this tech hub.
“We are under pressure to win every game we play this week. We have to be competitive as we have three tough games against RCB Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings (April 18 in Delhi) and Mumbai Indians (April 21 in Delhi),” DD coach Eric Simons told reporters at a pre-match press conference after the team had a two-hour practices at the nets in the stadium.
DD lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the tournament’s opening tie in Kolkata by six wickets, to Rajasthan Royals by five runs in Delhi, to Mumbai Indians by 44 runs in Mumbai and to Sunrisers Hyderabad by three wickets in Delhi.
Admitting that the team was disappointed to have lost all the first four games, including two narrowly, Simons said it could not be worse than being at the bottom of the table though the morale of the players was good and they were in positive frame of mind.
“The guys got to be positive. They have to work hard for the game tomorrow (today). We need to come away with two wins at least to get the momentum going. We understand we are under pressure but if we don’t enjoy pressure we shouldn’t be here,” Simons said yesterday. IANS
