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

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

Speaking after the match Ganguly acknowledged, “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 acknowledged.

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However, chasing the small entire the batting unit of the Capitals struggled. Apart from Warner’s half-century on the prime the rest of the order hardly confirmed any resistance. Speaking of batting woes the earlier India captain acknowledged, “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.”

“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 shedding the first 5 video video games Capitals registered their first win throughout the Indian Premier League 2023 season. On Monday they might face Sunrisers Hyderabad away from dwelling.