IPL 2021: Shimron Hetmyer has brought big value to Delhi Capitals, says Ashwin

Hetmyer
steered
DC
to
a
three-wicket
win
over
CSK
on
Tuesday
(October
5).
“I
think
more
than
about
6-8
points
needs
to
go
to
Hety
(Hetmyer),
because
he
has
finished
games,
sometime
when
you
make
those
25s
and
30s,
you
don’t
quite
get
the
recognition
you
must,
because
people
are
at
the
top
are
making
the
volume
of
runs,”
Ashwin
said
at
the
virtual
post-match
press
conference.

“So,
Hetymer
is
one
of
those
heroes
for
us
and
inside
that
dressing
room,
we
recognise
all
these
efforts,
so
yeah,
he
is
in
a
good
space,”
added
the
off-spinner.

According
to
Ashwin
he
has
been
batting
well,
ever
since
he
came
to
the
UAE
from
England.
“…I
have
been
batting
well
and
there
was
a
lot
of
confidence
from
what
happened
in
the
last
game,
I
was
little
late,
I
was
probably
not
ready
for
the
ball
and
little
late
on
the
ball
and
didn’t
expect
sort
of
a
delivery
from
him
and
could
have
done
better,
yeah
I
will
learn
and
move
on
from
it,”
the
star
Tamil
Nadu
player
added.

Ashwin,
who
has
taken
five
from
10
games
this
season,
said
he
was
satisfied
and
happy
with
the
way
he
was
bowling.

“There
are
24
deliveries
that
I
am
allowed
to
bowl
in
a
game
and
sometimes
I
kept
on
repeating
this
again
and
again,
to
look
to
go
for
wickets
is
not
something
that
you
can
do
in
a
T20
game,
you
have
to
play
(to)
the
situation
of
the
game,
my
job
is
to
bowl
to
the
best
of
my
abilities
in
those
24
balls
and
create
wicket-taking
opportunities.

“So
sometimes,
I
feel
it
is
too
lop-sided
in
trying,
you
can’t
put
a
short-leg,
slip,
you
can’t
look
to
attack
and
try
and
get
a
wicket,
so
I
think
the
way
the
ball
is
coming
out
and
the
way
I
am
bowling,
I
am
extremely
satisfied
and
happy.”

Chennai
Super
Kings
head
coach
Stephen
Fleming
defended
skipper
Mahendra
Singh
Dhoni
after
the
loss.
The
former
New
Zealand
skipper
also
said
that
his
side
was
10-15
runs
short
of
a
match-winning
total.
Dhoni
made
a
slow
18
off
27
balls.

“He
(Dhoni)
wasn’t
the
only
one.
It
was
a
difficult
day
for
stroke-play
when
137
was
almost
enough,
it
was
a
tough
wicket
to
score
big
on,
in
terms
of
big
shots.
So,
both
the
teams
struggled
with
that
towards
the
end
of
the
innings.
Probably
we
were
only
10-15
runs
short
of
having
a
match-winning
score,”
Fleming
said.

“So,
that
is
the
difficulty
at
the
moment,
is
trying
to
assess
what
the
conditions
are
in
all
three
different
grounds
and
batting
first
getting
a
score,
that’s
par
of
just
above.
“The
other
thing
was
Delhi
attack
bowled
very
well,
the
last
five
overs
were
very
smart,
so
it
was
tough
going,”
he
said.