On Friday, the Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that Death Bowling was a source of concern for the franchise in the current IPL, but supported his tellers to better execute their plans in the coming games. RR has disclosed more than 70 points in the last five letters of their last two games against the Titans of Gujarat and the Capitals of Delhi. “We suffered a little with our death bowling. We conceded 77 in the last five, in the last game. The match earlier, we conceded 72.
“I think that is another area for us with which we have to improve, by working a little more in the execution, I think that our plans were good enough. It’s just more around the execution of some of these skills,” said Dravid on the eve of their match against the super giants of Lucknow.
The Royals will be able to desperately stop a sequence of three defeats against the Super Giants on Saturday and a better performance of their rear of the sleeves could greatly contribute to achieving this goal.
“Even if, let’s say for example, a kind of 57-60 is acceptable in the last five Overs, it has become almost a standard now. We seem to go for 72-77 (races).
“It was these two to three additional limits on which I think we have to work and we have to improve. But it is more an execution problem. I think the quality is there.” The decision to use Sandeep Sharma in front of Jofra Archer for the Super Over in The Game against DC surprised a lot, as was their move to send Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer, but Dravid took the property of the teams made by the team this season.
“The decisions are made by me and Sanju Samson being an integral part of this and consultation with our other coaches and our team of analysts,” said Dravid.
“No one claims that each decision that even the experts take works and are correct. But I respect the fact and I am very confident of the team I have around me who supports me, me and Sanju, to make these decisions.
“Regarding the specific on Jofra and Sandeep, Sandeep is someone in whom we trust. He has played fantastic overs for us. He bordered all the difficult overs for us in this tournament. And we support him completely and support him and we thought he was the right bowler for us on this window in these conditions with the skills he has.” The departure of players such as Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal meant that RR had to get used to a new combination at the top and also with their spin attack.
Dravid said, “You see, it’s not like that.” If you see our opening partnership, they have given us very good performance. Yashasvi and Sanju play well. Even in the last match, they gave us an explosive start.
“Unfortunately, Sanju had an injury and he had to retire. I will not say that it was the turning point because we had confidence in the other strikers. But certainly, they gave an excellent partnership.
“As for the other players (Ashwin and Chahal), this happens in each major auction with each team. You don’t always get the same team, you sometimes have to make changes, sometimes these changes are forced.
“The auctions have rules and you have to follow them. It’s not like a state team, where you choose the players you want. There are rules. But we believe that the players we have chosen, it’s a good team.”
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