Rajasthan Royals can still qualify for the play-offs, says Johan Botha – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610, is disappointed after the loss against Chennai Super Kings as he feels that his team was in a winning position at one stage of the match, but the South African cricketer is still confident that his team will qualify for the play-offs.
With just three overs left in the match last night, the Royals were controlling the proceedings before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srikkanth-Anirudha-c90816 snatched victory from Rajasthan’s jaws.
After the loss, Rajasthan slipped down to the sixth position on the points table with 12 points after 13 fixtures. In order to qualify for the last four of the tournament, the Royals will have to win most matches from here onwards.
Botha is very hopeful about his team’s prospects because Rajasthan have some matches left against the weaker teams of the tournament like Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 and Deccan Chargers.
"It was a bad loss against Chennai but we can still make it to playoffs if we win the three remaining matches. The fact that we have to play two against lowly Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers and the last against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians gives a little chance,” he said.
Rajasthan’s match against the Super Kings was affected by rain, especially in the first innings of the match, when the players had to go off the field a number of times.
The former South African T20 captain feels that rain broke the momentum of his team. However, he praised the performance of his lower-order batsmen, who helped the side post a fair total of 126 runs on the board.
The off-spinner expressed, “It was disappointing but we still hope to reach playoffs. It is always a disadvantage for the batting side if the game stops due to rain but we put in a good effort to reach around 130 but would have loved a few more runs.”
Rajasthan’s next fixture is scheduled to be played against Pune Warriors on May 13th. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 and company have shown good team spirit in the current season and they will have their work cut-out to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.
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