DC won its previous game, against former champion SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH), by 21 runs. However, Amre feels that there is still room for improvement, as he expressed, "Earlier in the season, our batters were batting well, but nobody was attaining the big scores. That's why, it was great to see David Warner score 92* and bat through the 20 overs. It was also good to see Anrich Nortje bowl at the level we wanted him to bowl at. The wicket of Kane Williamson was very important. Nortje dismissed Williamson in the Powerplay overs and set up the match for us."