Baba Indrajith (Dindigul Dragons Captain): "[On his stump-mic chat] See I am not aware of these things. When you are in the game and when you are very intense, when you are talking to the bowler, when you are a leader, I think even if I am not the leader, I am a keeper. I think you need to have conversations with the bowlers and as you see, we have a lot of youngsters and a lot of debutants. So as much as possible, I am trying to communicate with them.
[On using the short-ball ploy] I think we had that plan in our preparations. Even if the wicket was not that green, we would have played four seamers here. We were very aware that short balls were effective in the last seasons as well. But you need that pace and you need the correct lengths to bowl. We have couple of bowlers who can bowl those bouncers. Credit to Bhuvaneswaran because after being hit for 20-odd runs in the first over, I think the last ball of the over was a bouncer and a brilliant catch that changed things for us in this game.
[On his four debutants] Obviously, Bhuvaneswaran has played TNPL before but this was his first game for us. There were a lot of debutants for us in this game starting with Nirankar Sharma. He is an exciting wrist spinner and he doesn't shy away from a lot of things. He is very enthusiastic and if he can get a couple of wickets like this, I think there is only upside for him in this tournament.
Sakthi Karuppasamy bowled really well and used the short ball really well. In a tricky chase, Anuraag Nair held his nerve and took the game deep.
[On Ashwin working as a mentor] He's been amazing. Whenever he's here, that presence is always been there. So, that presence helps you a lot even when you are leading. You feel calm when he's around. Whenever I have some doubts, I can obviously look at him and he'll have ideas but apart from that, the way he prepares as a champion bowler, I think he has passed it onto the others because the kind of camps you have, the kind of intense camps, I think full credit to Ash Anna."