I was sitting there in the dugout and thinking it was like getting my first Test run: Sourav Ganguly on DC’s first win of IPL 2023

Speaking of batting woes Ganguly said, "I know we have not played well and need to find a way to bat better. We work hard with the boys and get them back in form."

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals Kuldeep Yadav with teammates celebrates the wicket of Jason Roy of Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

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Delhi Capitals Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly compared the side’s win on Thursday against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi to the pressure of getting his first Test runs.

Speaking after the match Ganguly said, “Happy to get off the mark. I was sitting there in the dugout and thinking it was like getting my first Test run (about the pressure to get their first points of the season), 25 years ago. We were on the luckier side today.”

In a low-scoring thriller, the Capitals managed to bowl out the Knight Riders for 127 runs. “We bowled well before as well this season. But the problem is the batting. We need to go back and look at ourselves and see how we can get better. Spinners bowled well,” he said.

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However, chasing the small total the batting unit of the Capitals struggled. Apart from Warner’s half-century at the top the rest of the order hardly showed any resistance. Speaking of batting woes the former India captain said, “I know we have not played well and need to find a way to bat better. We work hard with the boys and get them back in form.”

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“Be it Prithvi, Manish, Mitch Marsh. They have been important players and around for a while for their respective teams. We have a day off tomorrow and then fly to Hyderabad, hopefully, it will be a good batting wicket there, as it usually is,” Ganguly added.

After losing the first five games Capitals registered their first win in the Indian Premier League 2023 season. On Monday they will face Sunrisers Hyderabad away from home.

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