After being outclassed by the bottom-ranked Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in a chase of 182, Quinton de Kock, Delhi Daredevils' opener, defended his bowlers but blamed the fielding lapses for their narrow nine-run defeat at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, on Saturday (May 7).
KXIP team plundered 80 runs in the final seven overs to post a challenging 181 from their quota of overs before executing their plans to perfection in death overs to restrict the visitors to just 172. De Kock, however, felt that it was their fielding mistakes and not bowling that cost...