IPL 2023: Batted sluggish on account of wickets fell spherical me, says KL Rahul after thriller vs RCB

IPL 2023: KL Rahul has given clarification that he was compelled to take a timid technique throughout the 210+ run in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore chase on account of wickets have been falling spherical him.

Bengaluru,UPDATED: Apr 11, 2023 01:10 IST

KL Rahul has defended his batting technique in opposition to RCB. (AP Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has defended his timid technique throughout the 213-run chase in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore, on 10 April, Monday. Playing at Bengaluru, throughout the Indian Premier League, Rahul scored 18 off 20 balls sooner than getting out throughout the twelfth over of the game, a effectivity that put his crew in deep trouble. Rahul defended his outing by arguing that he was compelled to bat cautiously on account of wickets falling spherical him and talked about that he was merely having fun with in response to the situation.

“I want to score more runs and I think I score more runs, the strike rate goes up. We have played a couple of games in tough wickets in Lucknow. Today we lost 3 wickets so I look at the situation and I felt like I did the right thing and if I could have carried on and stayed there till the end and stayed with Nicky, could’ve won the game a lot easier. Once I get some good knocks under my belt I’ll start feeling good and that will go up,” Rahul talked about throughout the publish match presentation.

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Lucknow have been rescued by three sensational knocks from Marcus Stoinis (60 off 35), Nicholas Pooran (62 off 19) and Ayush Badoni (30 off 24), who lifted the bulk in separate situations of the game and took LSG to an unlikely victory. Rahul lauded his crew and talked about that these kinds of finishes are solely potential throughout the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

“Unbelievable. This is the Chinnaswamy, only venue where so many last finishes are possible. From the possible we were in to end up winning in superb,” Rahul talked about.

“When you are chasing 210 + you need to go hard. Sometimes you lose wickets but the ball was swinging a bit early for them and got wickets. That puts some pressure on you but the way Stoin and Pooran played was brilliant. The reason we have got 2 points here is because of the way they batted,” he extra added.

Calling the lower heart order as a really highly effective batting positions in T20 cricket, Rahul talked about that, LSG knowingly invested in in Stoinis, Pooran and Badoni for his or her firepower.

“In T20s number 5, 6 and 7 are the most important batting positions. That’s where the most games are won, at least the crunch games. Yes, the top order will do the bulk of the scoring in top tournaments like these but it’s those boys who really win you games and win you big games and that’s why we invested in power in Stoin and Pooran and Ayush is coming of his own,” Rahul talked about.

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Rahul spoke about youthful Badoni, who has been making a popularity for himself throughout the Indian Premier League at merely 23 years of age.

“He is a youngster and is learning the art of finishing games. He has done that a couple of times already this season. He’s done that a couple of times last season as well. He’s growing into that role and really excited about him becoming better in that position and that’d mean our team gets that power,” the batter and captain concluded.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Apr 11, 2023