In a breath-taking match yesterday, Rajasthan Royals kept their Playoffs hopes alive by defeating Punjab Kings by 2 runs. In the three matches so far, the team batting first has proved to be victorious. After this defeat of Punjab Kings, their head coach Anil Kumble said that this defeat is no less than a nightmare and has become an equation somewhere.
Punjab Kings needed 10 runs in the last 15 balls and 4 runs in the last 6 balls but a sensational over from Kartik Tyagi changed everything for Rajasthan Royals and pulled the victory from the jaws of the opposition.
After this defeat, Anil Kumble says, “It is sort of becoming a pattern for us, especially as soon as we get to Dubai it seems. There was a clear message that we need to finish this game in 19 overs and that was the approach, unfortunately, we let it till the end, in the last couple of balls, it becomes a lottery. The new batter going in is a bit of a lottery. Credit to the way Tyagi bowled the last over.”
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“It was obvious he is going to bowl wide outside the off-stump, some of our batters did not take the right option, yes, it has become a pattern and that has something we need to discuss. We have five more games but we do not want to get bogged down by this defeat. It is certainly a difficult pill to swallow,” Kumble further added.
“It was a very good wicket, we came back really well in the last four overs. If I am right, we picked up six wickets and gave away just 20 runs. Arshdeep bowled really brilliantly. Shami bowled brilliantly. One side of the boundaries was short and the other was longer. At one stage, Rajasthan Royals was set to get 200,” said Kumble.
“You have to take positives out of this, the way we played, Rajasthan looked set to get 200 but we pulled it back in those final overs. The bowling of Arshdeep, Shami, and Harpreet Brar was good. There are enough positives from bowling and batting. The opening partnership has always done well for us,” Kumble said
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In the next match where Punjab Kings will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday and have to win their remaining five matches if they want to make it to the top four.
