Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul admitted that his group leaked 15-20 runs additional after choosing early wickets towards Royal Challengers Bangalore at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. Lucknow didn’t capitalize on a number of events as RCB took benefit of it and earn an 18-run win to maneuver up on the factors desk.

Rahul said that his group might have performed higher after taking early wickets however they nonetheless leaked 47 runs within the powerplay which shifted momentum in RCB’s approach.

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“I think we started really well after getting two wickets in the first over, to give away 50 in the Powerplay, we should have done better. 180 on that pitch was 15 or 20 runs extra that we gave away,” Rahul stated after the match.

“The pitch was sticky. We got the early breakthroughs we were looking for but we couldn’t squeeze in the middle,” he added.

The charismatic opener stated that his group wanted one batter from the highest order who ought to have performed an extended innings which Faf du Plessis did for RCB. The Proteas batter scored a 96-run knock to take his group to a formidable complete on a tough floor whereas no participant crossed the 50-run mark from LSG’s camp.

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“We needed one big partnership – we saw what Faf did for RCB – I think we needed one batter in the top three or four to play a long innings and for other batters to play around with him but we couldn’t get that. We didn’t get partnerships and we couldn’t get a squeeze on with the ball,” he added.

Talking about his group’s efficiency up to now this season, Rahul was happy with the way in which issues are going however he additionally mirrored upon the defeats towards RR and RCB. He stated that they should put strain on the opposition for an extended time period.

“We have a really good team. I’m happy with how we’ve been playing. Yes, a couple games where we could have done better, against Rajasthan and here today we put them under pressure but we couldn’t sustain that for a bit longer. When we’re up, we have to keep the opposition down and restrict them to as low as possible and that’ll make batting easier chasing,” he added.

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