Pune Warriors' captain Yuvraj Singh blames poor fielding for defeat against Rajasthan Royals – IPL 4 News
The dejected Pune Warriors’ skipper Yuvraj Singh cited poor fielding as a major reason of his team's embarrassing defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match,
on Sunday.
Shane Warne-led http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals outclassed Pune Warriors and notched a comprehensive six-wicket victory in the 38th IPL game last night.
Put into bat first, the Warriors posted a reasonable total of 143 with help of Robin Uthappa’s classy innings of 35 runs coupled with a fantastic knock of 30 runs from Manish Pandey.
In response, the Royals overwhelmed the target convincingly with three balls to spare. The Kiwi batsman, Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 did the trick for Royals and steered his team to triumph by hitting an
aggressive knock of 47 runs.
The Pune's fielders dropped some extremely easy catches and the skipper admitted that the lazy work in the field eventually cost his side. With six losses in the eight IPL games, Pune Warriors
are lying at the bottom of the IPL standings.
Yuvraj elucidated that the loss has put his side into a do or die situation and the Warriors cannot afford any further defeat.
"The loss was a result of poor fielding. If you drop catches of three of their main batsmen, it`s difficult to win matches. Now we are in such a situation where another loss would mean that
we are out of the competition. Not a great feeling though," Yuvraj Said.
When asked why he is not bowling much in the league matches despite been hugely successful with the ball in the World Cup 2011, the Pune skipper added, "During World Cup, I could only concentrate
on my bowling. Now I have to look at other aspects of the team also."
The classy left-hander further made it clear that the players have to play out of their skins for staying afloat in the league.
Rajasthan Royals’ skipper, Warne, on the other hand, seemed completely satisfied with his team’s performance in the epic encounter. The Royals are leading the season four standings with their
five victories in nine matches.
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