KL Rahul Proud of His Team for Their IPL Performance
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|| India Correspondent ||
Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul said that they can only themselves to blame after they were out of the playoffs in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) when they faced a nine-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings on Sunday (November 1).
Punjab had to secure a win over Chennai in their final group stage match to keep their hop alive of qualifying for the playoffs. However, they became the second team after MS Dhoni's team to be eliminated.
"It is as simple as that. We didn't bat really well. Big pressure game and we expected 180-190 on the board, unfortunately, we couldn't soak in the pressure and get a big total. Disappointed but that's how IPL goes," Rahul said in the post-match presentation.
"We didn't have results going our way in the first half. The team still felt we were playing good cricket. We were patchy at times with the bowling and the batting didn't come together in the first half, we started doing well in the second half and really proud that we gave ourselves an opportunity to come into the top four," he further added.
However, KL Rahul further shared that it was unfortunate they failed to live upto the expectations this year but they will return stronger next year.
"Unfortunate that today and yesterday's game didn't go our way but proud of the team. Hopefully come back stronger next year and forget this year. If you look back at it, we had a lot of games in our pocket but we couldn't get over the line. We only have ourselves to blame. At the start of the tournament, that short run has come back to bite us very hard. We all make mistakes and we have made a few this season. We need to accept it, learn from it and come back stronger," he concluded.
