I don’t know how it occurred nonetheless it occurred: LSG skipper KL Rahul after loss to GT

A dejected Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul was puzzled after his workers did not chase down a purpose of 135 set by defending champions Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Lucknow suffered a meltdown inside the remaining over with 12 runs wished, dropping 4 wickets as bowler Mohit Sharma took 2 whereas the other 2 have been run outs. Skipper Rahul who scored 68 was the first to go inside the over after holing out to Jayant Yadav. He was adopted by Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni and Deepak Hooda as a result of the LSG misplaced by 7 runs.

“I don’t know how it happened, but it has happened. I can’t put a finger on where it went wrong, but we lost 2 points today, this is cricket. I thought we were brilliant with the ball, 135 was 10 runs under par, the bowling was exceptional, we started well with the bat, but these things happen, we’ll have to take it on the chin. But still a long way to go, 8 points off 7 games, we were on the wrong side of the result today,” Rahul acknowledged inside the submit match interview.

Talking about his batting, he acknowledged, “We were well ahead in the game and I wasn’t really trying to bat deep, I still wanted to play my shots, take on the bowlers, but they bowled well in that 2-3 over period, by Noor and Jayant, we perhaps should have taken a few more chances with wickets in hand, they bowled decently, but I think we missed out on some boundary opportunities, the pressure got to us in the last 3-4 overs, we played well until then. They did bowl well though.”

Titans skipper Hardik scored 66 off 50 balls with the help of 4 sixes as GT managed a below-par 135 for six after opting to bat on a sluggish observe.

The completely different notable contribution was 47 off 37 balls from Wriddhiman Saha.

Left-arm spinner Krunal (2/16) and seamer Marcus Stoinis (2/20) have been basically probably the most worthwhile bowlers for LSG.