“The way we played today, we fight to the last ball, although we did not start the way we wanted,” said Harmanpreet, who was also the game player for his 44 ball 66, in the presentation. “But I think it’s about being there, doing the right things again and again, and that is what we were thinking and we were trying [to do]”
“It was not easy when I went to Bat, but I thought if I stay there and I still turn the strike, when Nat is there I need to have too much pressure because he has been in a great touch and was doing the job for the team,” Harmanpreet said. “I just wanted to support her at that time, and I think the association with NAT was incredible. We tried to keep things simple and easy and who took risks calculated at that time.”
“I think 150 was not a decent total [against] DC, but the games like that are always pressure games: 150 in this type of games it always looks like 180. I think the credit is for our bowling players. They believed the belief that they can give us advances in the power game. It was good to see Ismail bring important wicks for us, and the other side how Nat threw himself. They created that opportunity for us and gave us [into] The game, very happy with the way everyone played today. “
“We leave things very clear to everyone [before the season]”Harmanpreet said.” We had very good individual meetings in which we tried [clarify] His roles for the team. We knew that we have four experienced bowling players, they can do the job for [us] But it is a T20 and [the other] Four overs are always important. We knew that whoever is in the game that day, we will try to give them that opportunity to do the job for us.
“Today Saika was there, she did a great job for us, she launched those three crucial overs for us. Before Amanjot was there and among Sanskrit she did a very good job for us. They knew their role, they knew that when they are there they had to deliver in the best way. I really enjoy playing with them.”
Lanning: “One more association may have given us a chance”
“We have not been able to put our best performances on the board in the final, which is disappointing, but that is the cricket,” he said. “It is not anyone’s fault. We entered here as prepared as we could be as we could, and it simply has not happened for us. It has been different every time.
“We are bitterly disappointed, we feel that we get in a good position to win, but that is the game. You want some, you lose something, and unfortunately we have been on the wrong side.”
Lanning felt that 150 was persecutive, and one more association could have taken DC on the line.
“We don’t gather it with the bat,” he said. “I thought that chasing 150 was a very good goal for us, and only one more association for a couple of overs could have given us a chance. But very proud of the group, we put a good season, we had some really good moments, but yes, we are all quite disappointed.”
DC led the league table, but this meant that about eight full days after their last game came to the final. Lanning did not believe that this made a significant difference in the way it was the final.
“I’m not sure. Some people will say that Mumbai could be tired, so you can’t win these things. I don’t think there is a correct or incorrect way to do it. It’s about working well at night, and Mumbai was too good for us tonight.”
