Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson feels mistakes are an integral part of T20 cricket and they will have to stick to their process despite enjoying a dream run in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Rajasthan beat Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday by seven wickets, taking their points tally to 16 from nine matches. Former champion RR is having a dream season, with eight wins and occupying the top of the points table.
“We have also been a bit lucky. We have to follow the right processes. Mistakes are supposed to happen in T20 cricket and we reiterate that we have to follow the process. The results are coming in so it is clear that we are doing something right,” said Samson at the post-game presentation ceremony.
Samson, who was named Player of the Match for his unbeaten 71 off 33 balls while chasing 197, praised his bowlers for restricting LSG below the 200-run mark.
“There was buying with the new ball and when the ball became old, it was a beautiful wicket to bat on. It was a really good team effort. what to do at each dance, there is a lot of planning going on behind the scenes and we are doing well.
“At the beginning and at the end (we played well). In the middle of the game, they took the game away from us a little bit,” he said.
Samson also praised Dhruv Jurel for his unbeaten 52 off 34 balls as the wicketkeeper-batsman finally regained his form.
“Form is temporary and batting at No. 5 is the toughest task in T20 cricket. A young man like him (Jurel), he has the composure that we saw in the tests. or two hours and we knew it was a matter of time (before he delivered).
Meanwhile, disappointed LSG captain KL Rahul felt his team was around 20 runs short.
“We left about 20 runs behind. We didn’t have an ideal start, but with the partnership between me and Hooda (115 runs) it was great. to 50-60,” said Rahul.
“We were at 150 after about 15 overs, we should have capitalized a little more. Of course, the team with the most sixes ends up winning. We tried to hit our sixes, but today we had to change our approach after those two early wickets,” he said.
“If Hooda (had) pressed and scored 20 (runs) more, and I got 20 (runs) more, we would have finished around 220. That would have been the difference, that’s the 20 runs we left behind.” Rahul said that it is important for batsmen to give extra protection to bowlers in this IPL.
“We are seeing with every game how important it is to give the players that extra cushion because they are under the bomb. Everyone loves range hitting and hitting all over the park, we are no different. ” he said.
“Our big hitters are Stoin (Marcus Stoinis) and (Nicholas) Pooran, who can hit those big shots. The other guys like us try to pick our areas and time our shots better,” he added.
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