The man behind Daredevils’ supremacy
With eight wins in ten matches, Delhi Daredevils is the team to beat in the IPL this season
Carlyle Laurie
25-Feb-2013
With eight wins in ten matches, Delhi Daredevils is the team to beat in the IPL this season. Team mentor TA Sekar, writing on delhidaredevils.com, says that though Virender Sehwag may lead a group of experienced match winners, he has encouraged the younger players to perform under pressure.
He has led many match-winners, offering the bowlers so much support with just the right amount of inputs. For example, he got teenager Pawan Negi to bowl when Rajasthan Royals was 56 without loss in six overs and told the left-arm spinner to not bowl full length to Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Dravid since both drive well through the off-side. With bowlers like Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav – who bowled the decisive last two overs in the team’s memorable victory in the home game against Rajasthan Royals – Viru tells them to bowl freely. By backing his bowlers so much with the right advice and the fields that they would like, Viru is doing a great job.