Ravi Shastri slams KL Rahul for his slow batting against Bangalore during IPL 2022 Eliminator
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: May 26, 2022 04:39 PM2022-05-26T16:39:30+5:302022-05-26T16:39:30+5:30
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RCB won the match against Lucknow and led the team to qualifier-2. RCB scored more than 200 runs for Lucknow on the back of Rajat Patidar's century.
Chasing a difficult target of 208, the match was under the control of Lucknow till the 15th over. But then Lucknow lost by 14 runs when they reached the required speed.
Lucknow did not get the expected shots in the last three-four overs. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri was furious with Lokesh Rahul over the issue.
'Sometimes batsmen play very defensively in the name of saving wickets. In the 9th to 14th over, the Lucknow team had a good partnership, but one batsman had to take responsibility and bat.
At the time of the partnership between Deepak Hooda and Lokesh Rahul, Hooda was trying to shoot. But Lokesh Rahul had to take a little more risk. It was set so he had to take responsibility for the shot. '
It was known that Harshal Patel would bowl in the last few overs. Everyone knew that he mixes well in speed. So it would have been easier for Lucknow to put pressure on RCB if they had bowled a little in the previous overs and it was time for defeat.
