Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper KL Rahul admitted that his side were mostly playing catch-up during their IPL 2021 loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday.
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Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper KL Rahul admitted that his side were mostly playing catch-up during their loss IPL 2021 loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday. “There’s not much more to say. If any team loses five wickets in the first seven or eight overs, it’s always going to be a case of playing catch-up,” Rahul said at the post-match presentation. “They bowled well, we played some bad shots, that’s how the game goes. It (pitch) was a lot more sticky and tacky than what it looked like. Credit to the CSK bowlers, they bowled in the right channels. Deepak (Chahar) with his knuckle balls got a couple of wickets but getting myself run-out doesn’t help the team.”
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Rahul also said that the pitch had little to do with the struggles of their batsmen. He also praised Australian pace duo of Riley Meredith and Jhye Richardson.
“Just the way we started, the pitch was still okay, it wasn’t a 100-110 wicket, maybe 150-160 sort of a wicket. But it’s a good learning for us, hopefully we can learn from these mistakes and come back stronger in the next game.
“We have pace in our attack, we obviously want to use that. The first IPL 2021 game didn’t go too well for those two (Richardson and Meredith), it was their first game and I am sure they were a bit nervous.
“That was the chat after the game as well, that’s how IPL goes. It can be tough and cruel. Their plans were clear, they did execute it pretty well. It was good to see that they came back stronger this game and they gave us crucial breakthroughs.”
He also said that it was important for PBKS to move on quickly from the loss.
“We’d like to review ourselves on the key points that we speak about before the game and if we stuck to those plans. Last game we got 220, this game we couldn’t get even half of it.
“It’s important that we learn from our mistakes and that’s the sort of team we want to be. We still want to go out there and play fearless cricket.
“It’s T20 cricket, more often than not you’ll score big runs but there’ll be one or two games in a season where you lose wickets like this. It’s important that we take it on the chin and move forward and get better next game.”
