Dravid Happy With Royals Performance

By , June 22, 2014 7:34 pm

The mentor of the Rajasthan Royals, Rahul Dravid, is very happy with the way his boys kept their cool in the previous match against the Kolkata Knight Riders which got decided in the super over.

The Royals were looking completely down and out in that game at one point of time as the Knight Riders needed only 16 runs to win in the last 2 overs with 6 wickets in hand. But, James Faulkner with a great penultimate over changed things completely. He took 3 wickets in that over and gave away only 4 runs which left KKR needing 12 off the last over.

When the last over started, the Royals were on top, but, the pendulum swung once again. Eleven runs came off the last over bowled by another Aussie Kane Richardson and the match went into the super over.

KKR batted first in the super over and scored 11. To get past that score was looking very difficult for the Royals simply because they had to face Sunil Narine, but, the men in blue didn’t lose their shape. They showed smartness and didn’t try to go for too many big shots. They instead looked to push the ball into the gaps and collected ones and twos to reach the target.

According to Dravid, when the team wins matches in this manner, its spirit goes very high.

Talking to the reporters, the former Indian batsman said, “It was very important for us to get over the line tonight. When you win games like these, you start feeling closer as a unit.”

The Royals will next lock horns with Delhi Daredevils on the upcoming Saturday. That will be an away game for them and will take place at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground.

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