IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer reveals secret behind big-hitting

Sharjah, October 4: Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer has revealed the secret behind his ability to hit those big sixes during an IPL 2020 encounter which saw 28 maximums struck by both teams.

On Saturday (October 3), Iyer hit 88 off 38 balls with six sixes and seven fours in Delhi's 18-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah, which has been a paridise for six-hitting with a total of 90 sixes being struck so far in three matches.

The Delhi skipper has credited all those big sixes against KKR to the massive "hard and smart work" that he had put in the gym sessions as he doesn't consider himself a "gifted player".

"I know the hard work and the smart work I have put in through my gym sessions, so I wouldn't say I am a very gifted player," Iyer said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

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"It was really necessary for me to take time at the start which I did in the earlier games as well. It was the right time for me to take on the bowlers and then rotate strike as well after that. Luckily it worked out for me. We keep talking about close victories and this was one of them. Really satisfied with the way everyone stepped up," Iyer said.

Meanwhile, the losing captain Dinesh Karthik rued missing out on a couple of sixes in the middle overs that probably cost them the match according to him.

"Maybe in between 10-13 overs we didn't get many boundaries, we lost a couple of wickets as well which sets you back in such run chases. To be honest, couple more sixes and we would have crossed the line," Karthik said.