IPL 2022: Covid cases led to nervousness but we maintained focus, says Delhi Capitals' skipper Rishabh Pant

Delhi Capitals' (DC) camp on the morning of the game on Wednesday created a lot of confusion and nervousness, but the team made a conscious effort to shut out the outside noise and focus on the match, said skipper Rishabh Pant after the nine-wicket win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The cloud over the IPL game was lifted an hour before toss time after the BCCI confirmed that the match will go on despite a sixth Covid-positive case being reported in the Delhi camp on game day. "There was a lot of confusion because we learnt of the positive test (Tim Seifert) in the morning. We were a bit nervous and there were talks of the game getting cancelled. But we spoke as a team that we must purely focus on the match," Pant said at the post-match presentation.

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Delhi Capitals may have been the wounded team when they reached the venue but when they left the stadium, they had brutally scarred Punjab Kings. They dismissed Punjab for a paltry 115 and then chased down the target in 10.3 overs with nine wickets to spare.

David Warner and Prithvi Shaw were in devastating form, firing the team to a big win after a brilliant bowling effort that restricted Punjab to 115. The skipper said that he never tries to give the duo any unsolicited advice. "Mostly, I like to leave them (Warner and Shaw) alone because they know their roles. Delhi Capitals have to go through every game. Results are not in our control, but we have to give everything in our games. "On a wicket like this, after one or two overs, I saw the ball was stopping a bit and I thought I should use more spin. I thought 150