Last five overs made the difference – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 – Cricket News Update
The Rajasthan Royals’ skipper, Rahul Dravid, reckons the last five overs of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings, when his bowlers leaked 80-odd runs, decided the course of the IPL fixture, played at Sawai Mansingh
Stadium, Jaipur on Monday, April 23, 2012.
“I think the last five overs made the difference,” said Rahul Dravid after his side’s 46-run crushing at the hands of RCB. “When you give 80-odd runs in the last five overs, you don’t expect to win that match,” he added
further.
Opting to field first, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 came to the
crease to partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691.
The belligerent duo initiated the recovery with a flurry of boundaries. The home attack completely failed to put a halt to the de Villier-Dilshan blitz as the overseas batsmen shared a brutal unbeaten partnership of
122 runs from just 50 deliveries, to take the side to 189 for 3 at the end of innings. The unbeaten three-digit stand was laced with 15 boundaries, 9 fours and six sixes.
Dravid admitted that death overs’ bowling is a cause for concern for them. “Bowling in the death overs has been an area of concern for us. We don’t have experienced bowlers who can contain the batsmen in the death overs,”
said the 39-year-old former Indian skipper, who retired from international cricket last month.
Dravid also praised Dilshan and de Villiers for the stupendous partnership.
“Tillkaratne Dilshan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers played really well in that period. We did not execute our plans well,” said the Rajasthan skipper.
Asked about RCB’s left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Appanna-c1805, who caused the maximum havoc to Roayls’ batting, accounting for their top four, Dravid said, “Appanna bowled well… He had the backing of a lot of runs behind him. He spun
the ball, which was great to see. It’s good for his confidence.”
The 39-year-old top order batsman hoped his side makes a strong comeback in the next matches. Rajasthan have a five-day break before they play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils in Delhi on Sunday, April 29, 2012.
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