Staying confined to his resort room for 10 days was “quite a lot” for him and Delhi Capitals quick bowler Anrich Nortje is hoping to get into the act straightaway in opposition to Punjab Kings within the IPL right here on Sunday.
Nortje needed to spend an prolonged time frame in quarantine attributable to a false-positive end result for COVID-19. However, the quick bowler re-joined the camp on Friday after testing unfavorable thrice.
“Ten days in the room was quite a lot for me. It was nice to get out, run around and bowl a bit. I really enjoyed it and hopefully I can build it up from here on,” mentioned Nortje in a press launch issued by his franchise on Saturday.
Nortje is hopeful that the workforce would deliver its A-game and make the very best use of the situations on the Wankhede Stadium.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant, comparatively inexperienced when it comes to IPL captaincy, misplaced the plot within the final recreation the place he didn’t end his greatest bowler Ravichandran Ashwin’s quota and as an alternative used Tom Curran’s pleasant medium pacers.
Speaking in regards to the match in opposition to Punjab Kings, Nortje mentioned the Delhi franchise can not underestimate any workforce.
“There’s no team that’s got a bad team so every side is really competitive, and it can come off for anyone on any day. We are definitely not going to underestimate anyone and hopefully we can bring our A-game,” Nortje mentioned.
Having missed the primary two matches, Nortje is for hoping for a powerful comeback by the workforce after Thursday’s defeat in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.
When requested in regards to the make-up of the Delhi Capitals squad, the South African mentioned, “We are unfortunately missing Shreyas (Iyer), but we definitely have a great combination of players. We have got a great bowling line-up as well.”
“It’s just about picking the right team on the right wicket and conditions. We definitely have a lot of options in our bowling line-up, which is really nice to have and hopefully we can make the best of the conditions and the different players that we have got.”