IPL: Jaydev Unadkat reveals the strategy behind prized wicket of KL Rahul
Delhi Capitals were reeling at 29/4 after the seventh over and needed their mkst experienced man to save the situation. However, Unadkat went round the wicket and bowled a full delivery, which was angling into the off-stump. Rahul got caught up in his crease trying to drive on the up and gave away a healthy outside edge. The ball flew quickly, and Ishan Kishan pounced on the opportunity and returned with 10(14).
Talking about his approach to Rahul's wicket, Unadkat said,'I won't say it's a weakness (for Rahul), as a bowler, you have to have some weapon ready, and one of those weapons is to change the angle. Have bowled to KL in the past, both over the wicket and round the wicket, and I feel like I have a little better chance against him bowling round the wicket.'
'Started well and got the wickets as well. Wickets always help curb the runs. The basic plan was the same – hit the deck, and then we varied the pace to mix it up. Getting wickets at the crucial times was important. It (the pitch) did get better; the way it started, it was stopping a bit, but it got better. We should be able to chase this down,' the bowler told the broadcasters.
Delhi Capitals failed to recover from the early onslaught by SRH bowlers, Pat Cummins in particular. Taking the new ball, Pat Cummins took three wickets conceding just 19 runs from his quota of four overs.
DC ended with 133 runs from 20 overs before rain hit the stadium and resulted in a washed out game.
With this result, SRH was officially knocked out from the IPL 2025 playoffs race while DC remained at the fifth place in the points table with three more matches to go.
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