Vijay Shankar
Gujarat Titans: Gujarat Titans batsman Vijay Shankar blamed his team’s batsmen for their loss at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in the first IPL Qualifier and said his team could have gone after the goal better. Batting first, Chennai gave Gujarat Titans a target of 173 runs, in response to which the Gujarat Titans side were dismissed for 157 runs from 20 overs and lost the match by 15 runs. Now Gujarat Titans batsman Vijay Shankar has given the main reason for the loss.
Vijay Shankar gave this statement
Vijay Shankar said after the match that I think we could have pursued the goal in a better way. We could have made the match closer. Chennai spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Mahesh Tikshna bowled strongly in the middle overs, causing the Gujarat innings to falter. He bowled very well in the middle overs. Intermediate overs are very important for any team that is chasing a goal. We keep losing ground.
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Vijay Shankar said if two of our batsmen had played well the result might have been different. We lost wickets at the wrong time. If we had had a 20- or 30-run partnership at intermissions, the game could have been much closer. Vijay Shankar expressed his hope that his team will do well in the second qualifier to be held in Ahmedabad.
He said that so far we have played a lot of cricket at home and at the opposing team’s grounds. It is related to adapting to circumstances as quickly as possible. In general, we are playing very good cricket. So one match won’t change much.
(Input-PTI)
