NEW DELHI: Lucknow Tremendous Giants bowlers first leaked 235 in a historic first on the Ekana Stadium and batters then had a disappointing run, collapsing underneath the scoreboard strain as KL Rahul and Co. succumbed to a heavy 98-run defeat by the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
Smashing the LSG bowlers left, proper and centre, Sunil Narine hit a glowing 81 which was adopted by a collective effort by the bowlers as KKR restricted the hosts to 137 all out and moved to the highest of the desk.
Skipper Rahul after the embarrassing defeat blamed an total poor efficiency for the horror present of their remaining dwelling recreation of the season.
“Lot of runs. Poor efficiency total. It was an enormous complete. Like I stated, It is a poor efficiency with each bat and ball. Narine in powerplay places numerous strain. Our bowlers could not deal with the strain,” Rahul stated on the post-match presentation.
Whereas the Ekana floor produced its first ever 200-plus T20 rating, Rahul didn’t blame the pitch and circumstances and stated it stayed true all through the sport.
“Wicket is excellent. There’s a little bit of bounce should you bowl laborious size. It wasn’t a nasty pitch. 235 was 20-30 runs had been above par. Our batting was poor,” Rahul added.
With their fifth defeat of the season in 11 video games, Lucknow had been pushed to the fifth spot on the factors desk however Rahul stated that staff will look to bounce again rapidly and can look to make it three out of three going forward and end inside prime 4.
“As soon as we return to dressing room, we transfer on from this recreation and see the place we went unsuitable. Final dwelling recreation, we’re on the highway for the following few video games, we must be little bit extra fearless,” Rahul stated.
The win, however, introduced KKR nearer to the playoffs.
Shreyas Iyer and Co. now have eight wins in 11 matches.
Smashing the LSG bowlers left, proper and centre, Sunil Narine hit a glowing 81 which was adopted by a collective effort by the bowlers as KKR restricted the hosts to 137 all out and moved to the highest of the desk.
Skipper Rahul after the embarrassing defeat blamed an total poor efficiency for the horror present of their remaining dwelling recreation of the season.
“Lot of runs. Poor efficiency total. It was an enormous complete. Like I stated, It is a poor efficiency with each bat and ball. Narine in powerplay places numerous strain. Our bowlers could not deal with the strain,” Rahul stated on the post-match presentation.
Whereas the Ekana floor produced its first ever 200-plus T20 rating, Rahul didn’t blame the pitch and circumstances and stated it stayed true all through the sport.
“Wicket is excellent. There’s a little bit of bounce should you bowl laborious size. It wasn’t a nasty pitch. 235 was 20-30 runs had been above par. Our batting was poor,” Rahul added.
With their fifth defeat of the season in 11 video games, Lucknow had been pushed to the fifth spot on the factors desk however Rahul stated that staff will look to bounce again rapidly and can look to make it three out of three going forward and end inside prime 4.
“As soon as we return to dressing room, we transfer on from this recreation and see the place we went unsuitable. Final dwelling recreation, we’re on the highway for the following few video games, we must be little bit extra fearless,” Rahul stated.
The win, however, introduced KKR nearer to the playoffs.
Shreyas Iyer and Co. now have eight wins in 11 matches.
