Malinga: Chahal showed why leg-spinners are considered match-winners in IPL
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) bowling coach Lasith Malinga lauded Yuzvendra Chahal and said he showed why leg-spinners are considered match-winners in the IPL.
Chahal claimed the first hat-trick of the season, he picked up Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins during the 17th over.
“Chahal has more international experience. He is the most experience leg-spinner in the country and in this tournament. He showed how to control the skill. That’s more important for him going forward to prove he is good enough to play any competitive cricket,” Malinga said at the post-match press conference.
“Leg-spinners have more wicket-taking options and he showed today how he can get wickets and changed the game in a single over. I think he showed all the leg-spinners that they are the match-winning bowlers in this competition,”
KKR head coach Brendon McCullum said it was a good game of cricket but Chahal and Buttler simply took away the match from his side.
“You can’t allow good players like Chahal to enter the game when there’s pressure on. We played a good game but just made a couple of silly mistakes.
“But that’s what happens sometimes. Jos Buttler got a hundred on their side, Yuzi Chahal got a five-for including a hat-trick and we lost by seven runs, so we played a good game but ran second,” McCullum said.
