A smash-hit Chris Morris innings on Thursday saw Rajasthan Royals get past the Delhi Capitals hurdle on Thursday. Chasing
148, the Royals were reduced to a score of 42/5 at a point of time in the
match, but managed to secure the victory thanks to explosive innings from David
Miller (62 off 43) and Morris (36 off 18 balls).

Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant, captaining
the two sides, expectedly reacted to the outcome in different ways, with the
former even noting that he considered the chase to be rather difficult after
losing five wickets early on in the match.

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“To be very honest, I thought that
it was tough from 40 for 5. We had Miller and Morris, but I thought it was
tough.

“It’s about reading the conditions. It was a little
sticky at the start. Taking pace off is the strength of our fast bowlers and
that worked out”, Samson was quoted by PTI as saying in
the post-match conference.

“I think the last game, that
close game, we took a lot as a team. For us to get as close on the day, we took
a lot out of that first game of ours”, DC skipper Rishabh Pant was quoted by
PTI as saying.

Pant noted the dew factor as something
that worked against his side in the second innings.

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“In the second innings there was more dew than the first
innings so we had to be doing our part, because the slower ball wasn’t stopping.

We could have bowled better. Dew got the
better of us. I think we were 15-20 runs short. But there is something to gain
from this match, the bowlers did well at the start. Hopefully in the future we
can pull things off”, he further said.