RR skipper Samson praises GT counterpart Pandya for all-round show

After facing the defeat against Gujarat Titans by 37 runs in IPL 2022 on Thursday Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson praised GT captain Hardik Pandya for his brilliant unbeaten knock of 87 runsSkipper Hardik Pandyas unbeaten halfcentury was backed by a spirited performance of bowlers as Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs in their IPL 2022 match here at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on ThursdayDebutants Gujarat Titans fourth victory in the five matches has taken them to the top of the Indian Premier League 2022 table while for Rajasthan Royals this is their second loss in the league as they fall to the third spotYou can say that if Gurajat got 1015 extra runs But I would like to give credit to their batters Hardik played a very good innings they played really well to get that score If we had wickets in hand this was chasable I feel We were almost there in terms of run rate in the powerplay we had a better run rate actually But we kept losing wickets Freaky niggle last night in training definitely missed him Boult Hopefully he will be back soon He Hardik had a really good day today batted bowled and fielded well said Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson in a postmatch presentationI have played enough number of years in this league to understand that each game is crucial Very important to learn and comeback stronger in the next game I was doing No 3 continuously till last season So we decided to have that flexibility come down at No 4 or 5 or wherever the team needs me Having someone like R Ashwin allows us to do that Devdutt Padikkal batted 3 in the first three games So it all depends on the combination we are playing he addedOpener Jos Buttlers quick knock of 54 went in vain for RR while for GT Lockie Ferguson and debutant Yash Dayal were the picks among the bowlers The pace duo scalped three wickets each GT skipper Hardik also scalped a wicket and forced a runoutThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever