Delhi Capitals’ Iyer thrilled by his batting on return from injury

Dubai, Sep 23 : Delhi Capitals batsman Shreyas Iyer was on Thursday thrilled with the manner in which he batted against Sunrisers Hyderabad in his first match on return from a shoulder injury.Iyer played a crucial knock of 47 runs off 41 balls as Delhi Capitals wrapped up the chase of 135 in 17.

5 overs.In the process, he also completed 4000 runs in T20 format.

The Delhi Capitals started the second half of the IPL 2021 on a fabulous note, defeating SRH by eight wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.Delhi Capitals fast bowlers Anrich Nortje (2/12) and Kagiso Rabada(3/37) picked up five wickets between themselves to help their team restrict SRH to 134/9 before the Delhi Capitals batsmen wrapped up the chase for the loss of two wickets.

Iyer was thrilled to make a dream comeback."It was a great feeling to be out there.It was like a story unfolding the way I wanted it to.It really felt special because I expected myself to come back into the team and perform.I am really happy with my performance," he was quoted as saying by Delhi Capitals in a release on Thursday.

The 26-year-old added that he looked to back his instincts in the middle."I wanted to be positive when I went into bat and I wanted to back my instincts.

I looked to bat till the end and finish the game.And thats what happened.

I gave myself some time in the middle and after a while, I was able to pick up the length of the deliveries."When asked about the importance of starting off with a victory, Iyer said, "Its the best feeling in the world.

When we came to Dubai, we were on top of the table and now starting with a bang in this game, I feel that the spirits are high in the team.We need to continue with the same momentum and lets hope that we have a blast of a season.

"The Delhi Capitals will take on the Rajasthan Royals in their next match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, (September 25).