‘We came in here yesterday and saw…’, Rahul on how LSG were forced to rejig strategy

LSG returned to winning ways on Wednesday night, defeating table-toppers RR by 10 run in Jaipur. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium hosted an IPL game after a four-year gap which meant the track was relatively unknown to both sides. But KL Rahul & Co held their nerves till the last ball of the encounter and, ultimately came out victorious to consolidate their position on the top-half of the table.

Rahul said in a post-match chat with the broadcasters –

“We came in here yesterday and saw 180 would be a par score, but the first over from Boult, me and Kyle had a chat and realised this isn’t a 180 wicket. The ball was keeping a bit low, so we gave ourselves time in the powerplay. Maybe if we played a bit better, we might have got 170 as well.”

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Lucknow captain KL Rahul was elated to have picked up the much-needed two points but didn’t shy from admitting that the pitch forced them to rework their plans after Trent Boult opened the game with a maiden over.

LSG waited quite a bit before bringing their impact player Amit Mishra into action. And for their first breakthrough, they had to wait till the 12th over. Despite losing a wicket, RR were still in the driver’s seat but that changed after Sanju Samson was run out following a horrible mix-up with Buttler.

Rahul added –

“I think that run-out from the impact player (Mishra), and two wickets falling back to back gives the opposition (his own team) a chance. We know with Rajasthan their strength is their top four, so we needed to have our plans in place to get them out.”