Rahul Tewatia Reveals His Secret of Improvement
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|| Indian Correspondent ||
Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Rahul Tewatia came in the limelight recently fr his stunning knock and said that playing alongside three India spinners in domestic circuit helped him to become a cricketer with an ability to do the uthinkable job as well.
While he struggled for a better start against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday, he smashed five sixes in an over and turned the table in their record run chase in the history of Indian Premier League. His all sixes came of the bowling off Sheldon Cottrell night.
"I play for Haryana and made my Ranji Trophy debut in 2013-14. I played a lot in Lahli (in Rohtak) which favours medium pacers. The presence of three India international spinners in our team helped me a lot over the years," Tewatia said during a pre-match press conference.
While Yuzvendra Chahal is one of the vital cogs for India in limited-overs formats now, Tewatia has played with Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav – who also have played for India as well. However, his struggle in the middle put the pressure on his batting partner at the other end - Sanju Samson who has also done quite well in the middle overs and registered another fifty in IPL this season.
And, at the other end, Rahul Tewatia knew it was just a matter of one good hit to get back in the form and he showed his class later on. From 17 off 23 balls, Tewatia ended up scoring 53 off 31.
"When I was not able to hit, I was under pressure, but Sanju told me that it's a matter of one hit and I was waiting for that one hit," he concluded. "I had the confidence that once I start hitting, I would be able to pull it off. I was looking for a game-changing over to close in on the target.”
