Published 16:38 IST, October 26th 2020
Dream11 IPL: Did Kolkata listen to Sachin Tendulkar's magical advice before beating Delhi?
Kolkata beat Delhi by 59 runs in Match 42 of the Dream11 IPL 2020 on Saturday, October 24 and bolstered their chances of making it to the playoffs.
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Kolkata beat Delhi by 59 runs in Match 42 of Dream11 IPL 2020 on Saturday, October 24 and bolstered ir chances of making it to playoffs. result was a little surprising considering kind of form both teams have been in. While Delhi have been in sensational form, having almost me a place for mselves in final four, Kolkata have h a mixed tournament with flashes of good performances.
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Sachin Tendulkar's counsel that helped Kolkata beat Delhi
Delhi were clear favourites going into match but Kolkata players put in solid performances to overcome ir counterparts and handed Shreyas Iyer's men a fierce defeat. Prior to game, legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar h given some valuable vice to Kolkata on how y should approach match while speaking on latest episode of his YouTube series called 'Sachin's Game Changers'. And it seems like Kolkata contingent followed Tendulkar's vice as y secured a commanding win over Delhi.
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Sachin Tendulkar said that Kagiso Raba and Anrich rtje are out and out express pacers who can move ball off surface. He vised Delhi batsmen to see off Raba and rtje's overs and play first 4-5 overs cautiously. Tendulkar furr said that inste of going for 9/10 runs in an over, batsmen should look to scored 4/5 runs in an over but without losing a wicket.
Tendulkar vised Kolkata to focus on building partnerships and ded that it can only be built when batsmen spend time in middle. He reckoned that if y start rushing, y will end up losing wickets which will n make it difficult for new batsman to attack from word go. He suggested Kolkata to build a solid partnership in middle overs which will n help m to up ante at death.
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Kolkata seem to have followed Tendulkar's vice as Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine stitched a 115-run partnership and kept scoreboard ticking in middle overs. In end, Eoin Morgan and Rana put ir feet on accelerator as y guided ir side to a massive score of 194/6. In response, Delhi could man to score just 135/9 as spinner Varun Chakravarthy ran riot by picking this season's first five-wicket haul.
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SOURCE: SACHIN TENDULKAR & IPL TWITTER
16:38 IST, October 26th 2020