Rajasthan Royals Head Coach Kumar Sangakkara during the post-match press conference. After suffering a 10-run defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara believes that the batters were not committed enough to get a couple of boundaries.
Sangakkara credited the LSG bowlers for their excellent bowling and said they bowled smartly on what was a tough pitch.
“At the back end, especially Bishnoi’s last over, we weren’t committed enough to take him down look for three four sixes. Even if the batter got out that time it didn’t matter,” said Sangakkara during the post-match conference.
“It was a tough pitch. Lucknow bowled really smartly but at the same time we should have got over the line,” he added.
Speaking on Rian Parag’s role, Sangakkara said that the youngster hasn’t been in great form lately but they would address the issues in their practice sessions.
“In that situation, he can just go out and hit as many sixes as quickly as he can. It’s a very clear plan that Rian has. We had Dhruv to kind of take care of the place and we just needed 2-3 sixes in the middle overs,” he said.
“He’s been batting well in the nets. We do back our players quite well especially when he comes in to back up for us or DDP comes in as an impact substitute. Looking at the local talent that we have. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been in good form, we will assess that and address them at the training,” he added.
Sangakkara also believes that the RR openers started off really well but the middle-order couldn’t manage to perform well.
“The openers put on a very good stand. We were needing eight once the 12th over was finished with 10 wickets in hand, that’s not very difficult on a big ground,” he said.
“Unfortunately, we lost three wickets in three overs. The run out of Sanju and then Jos got out as well and we still should have got over the line. We had enough batting in the shed.”
“Unfortunately, we lifted a little bit too late to attack their bowling and we needed too many boundaries at the end.”
“We got a better power play than they did. They were 37 for none and we were 46 and that was enough with the rate that we were chasing. It was a difficult wicket to bat as the ball got older but they also bowled very well,” he added.
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