Spinners will be very important: DC spin bowling coach Badree

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals spin bowling coach Samuel Badree feels that the spinners have a huge role to play on a slow pitch here and the team selection is going to be crucial ahead of their IPL match against Kings XI Punjab on Saturday.

Delhi lost to Mumbai by 40 runs here on Thursday night with the visiting team spinners playing a key role.

"I think the spinners will be very important, especially here at Kotla we have seen that the pitch is a little bit slow. There has been variable bounce and we saw that against Mumbai Indians as well. Their spinners were very crucial through the power-play and the middle overs," said Badree.

"I felt they strangled us during the overs that their spinners bowled. In the first 13 overs of our innings, I think they bowled at least 10 overs of spin, so it was a lesson for us. In terms of overall team selection, we may have missed a trick there. But our bowlers had done a great job in our last game in very tough conditions in Hyderabad so we were 100 percent backing them.

"But certainly the team selection is something to consider going into tomorrow's match against Kings XI Punjab," he added.

The first leg of the match between Delhi and Punjab ended in a disappointing 14-run defeat for the former, but Badree said his team will start with a clean slate.

"We start afresh tomorrow as it is a new match. In this tournament, we play everybody twice so you don't want to think too much about the first match whether you win or lose that game. You do take the positives, and look to plan for the upcoming match, and

try to execute those plans on the field.

"It is important that you adapt to the conditions quickly, and on the day, in the moment, you need to try to execute your skills better than the opposition. If we can do that, we can secure the two points comfortably tomorrow," said the 38-year-old Trinidadian.

Badree admitted that his team might be paying too much attention to the pitch.

"Yes, maybe we are thinking too much about the pitch and the away teams who do not have much time to analyse the pitch are adjusting better. I think we just need to play good cricket on the day.