‘We needed more runs’: Vikram Solanki on Gujarat Titans' loss to Royals
Updated On: 18 April, 2023 09:04 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Sunil K Vaidya
Gujarat Titans’s Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki believes his team would have fared much better had they posted a slightly bigger total in their three-wicket defeat to Rajasthan Royals
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RR’s Shimron Hetmyer in full flow during his unbeaten 56 against GT in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Pic/PTI
The think-tank of defending champions Gujarat Titans will keep scratching their heads to figure out where did they go wrong to lose their second successive IPL-16 home game, this time to Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday. First, they failed to be consistent with their run rate of 10 at the end of 10 overs. They managed only a run- a-ball 37 in the six middle overs. Then, when they almost had the Royals on the ropes, they let the game slip away, failing to defend 177.
RR’s initial struggle
While chasing, Rajasthan Royals looked down in the dumps (66-4) after 12 overs. They needed 111 runs in eight overs and their top four batters had returned to the pavilion. They added 28 runs in the next three overs, but lost skipper Sanju Samson (60, 32 balls, 3x4, 6x6) to Gujarat Titans’ impact player, Noor Ahmad. In the next 20 balls, they added 47 runs as Shimron Hetmyer (56, 26 balls, 2x4, 5x6) ran amok and No. 8 Ravichandran Ashwin finished the game with a winning boundary in the second ball of the 20th over.
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