DC, currently at eighth spot with 12 points, must not only get a big win over KKR, but also rely on favorable outcomes from other remaining matches. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of down days, and the guys have trained really well yesterday. The spirits are good. Obviously, we know there\u2019s a big game tonight and a big game before us tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can at the moment, training and preparation, just to win our next game. I think that\u2019s the important thing. We\u2019ve got to turn up here in the right attitude to get a win tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut the atmosphere around the group is brilliant. Certainly through the playing group, there\u2019s some really good characters that have stuck together through some highs and lows, so it\u2019s in a positive way,\u201d said Bell in the pre-match press conference.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On facing KKR, who are in the midst of a resurgence in the second half of the season, Bell said, \u201cAnother class team, isn\u2019t it? Obviously, we\u2019re on the wrong end of a bad result at home against KKR.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe know, and I\u2019ve worked with the likes of Finn Allen, and we know the qualities they have with Narine. All the way through their team is world-class players, so we know we have to turn up tomorrow and put in a really good performance, probably one of our best performances of the season so far.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bell further admitted that inconsistency has hurt DC and felt it's an area they can look to improve upon in the 2027 season. \u201cI think most teams will say that, the teams that aren\u2019t in the top four are down to consistency. I think we\u2019ve proven this season that we can score 265 and then follow that up by being bowled out for 70. We couldn\u2019t defend 265 as well with the ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo there have been times when we\u2019ve been brilliant, and then there have been times when we haven\u2019t been good enough. We know in the IPL, when you have your opportunities against these teams, you have to take them, and I think that\u2019s probably where we have to be honest and say we haven\u2019t taken those key moments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe lost the game against GT off the last ball and, as I said, the game against Punjab, where we scored 265 and didn\u2019t defend it. You turn those into wins, and suddenly, if we win tomorrow, we\u2019re on 18 points and looking at the top two.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo the margins are so small in IPL, and that\u2019s why, as a coach and as a player, you want to be in this league because you\u2019re in the highest pressure against the best players in the world, with the biggest fan base and the best stadiums.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe lost the game against GT off the last ball and, as I said, the game against Punjab, where we scored 265 and didn\u2019t defend it. You turn those into wins, and suddenly, if we win tomorrow, we\u2019re on 18 points and looking at the top two.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think at times we\u2019ve been a bit guilty of not seeing the game through. As I said, two different results with fine margins, and we\u2019re suddenly guaranteed top four. But you have to be ruthless in those opportunities,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n