Delhi Capitals' skipper Shreyas Iyer, on Monday, surprised Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as they chased 196\/4 by pulling out his ace speedster Kagiso Rabada after just one over and bringing in spinners R Ashwin and Axar Patel for the third and fourth overs of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The RCB batsmen, it seemed, were not prepared for this move. The result was that openers Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch returned to the pavilion. The move resulted in a wicket in each of those two overs -- with Ashwin removing Padikkal and Axar getting rid of Finch -- as RCB could never recover from there. They were restricted to 137\/9 in 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rabada later said he would have loved to continue bowling but he was fine with the decision as it eventually worked out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It was swinging a bit, so it would have been nice to bowl the second over. I don't think it was a bad call to take me off after the first over. At the end of the day it worked out," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think if you want to be the best you have to adjust to the conditions. I think the spinners did a really good job today. They set up the game for us in the powerplay. Axar and Ashwin actually won us the game," said the South African.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Delhi Capitals suffered a blow when Amit Mishra was ruled out of the tournament on Monday with a finger injury. However, both Axar and Ashwin stepped up to the plate leaving their skipper happy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It is saddening when a senior player (Mishra) who was doing amazingly well gets injured, but we have got good replacements as well," said Iyer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Axar, who was declared Man-of-the-Match for his bowling performance, said he had prepared himself to bowl in the powerplay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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