Thrilling win for Rajasthan against LSG

A scintillating unbeaten 36-ball 59 from Shimron Hetmyer was followed by a four-for from Yuzvendra Chahal as Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by 3 runs at the Wankhede in Mumbai. With the win, Royals registered their third victory of the season.

Chahal, Player of the Match, said,Backed myself. My main strength is my mind. Didn’t want to divert from what I usually do. I was always ready to bowl at anytime from overs 1-20. Enjoyed de Kock’s wicket the most. He could’ve changed the game. Had seen him step out, had an intuition he’d come again (Badoni). Bowled it wider. Don’t think a lot about my bad games.

Sanju Samson, RR skipper said, ‘Feels good (to be top of the table). Depends on how he has bowled his first three overs. Got the feel that he has done well and he is confident (talking about Kuldeep Sen) to go and execute his wide yorker which he has been working in the off season. Saw him in Syed Mushtaq and he was nailing his wide yorkers. (Boult) Came to me before first ball, told me ‘Sanju change of plan, I’m going to go around the wicket, and going straight in his legs and hit that bowled’. Funny to be around and his skills are commendable. Conversations (with Hetmyer) are ‘have you eaten, have you slept well and are you happy’, that’s it. Experience he has, really great cricketing sense he has. Has been doing great job for us. It’s about being Rajasthan Royals (Ashwin’s retired-out). We keep trying different things. Have been talking about it before the season. We thought that if some situation occurs, we can use it. Was a team decision. Chahal is someone who can be given the ball anytime from overs 1-20. He’s the greatest legspinner, if I can say, that India’s seen in the present. Thought why not use him more at the end when the pressure is more.’

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