Cuttack: Delhi Daredevils’ stand-in skipper Dinesh Karthik admitted that the absence of key players in the line-up has made it more difficult for his side to win matches in the DLF Indian Premier League 2010 season.
After their 10-runs loss to Deccan Chargers, the wicketkeeper-batsman said that he was missing Gautam Gambhir at the top of the order and his team were finding it difficult to finish games.
On the Barabati Stadium pitch
Well I think the wicket was good. It remained the same in both the innings. And I liked the venue. I think it was fantastic.
On Gautam Gambhir’s injury status
I don’t know as yet. But no one in this room is keener than me for his return. Nobody is waiting more eagerly for his return.
On Tillakaratne Dilshan’s exclusion from the Playing XI
We wanted to play Moises Henriques. We wanted him in the Playing XI so we had to drop Dilshan.
On what went wrong
In the last six overs we required 65 runs to win. In such a situation our batsmen had to play big shots. I tried, but full credit to Andrew Symonds and Chaminda Vaas for the way they bowled at the death. Both of them showed what experience can do in crunch situations. We are to be blamed for that.
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