Sanju Samson upset with Rajasthan Royals’ shoddy batting after 2nd straight defeat in IPL 2022

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson regretted a shoddy batting performance against Kolkata Knight Riders after his team suffered their second successful defeat in IPL 2022. Samson admitted that his team should have got another 15-20 runs after managing to score only 152 for 5 in their 20 overs against KKR, who chased the target down in a final over.

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in a return leg IPL match on Monday. Invited to bat, skipper Sanju Samson smashed seven fours and a six in his 49-ball 54, while Shimron Hetmyer provided late charge with an unbeaten 13-ball 27 as RR scored 152 for five.

However, Jos Buttler (22), Riyan Parag (19) and Karun Nair (13) got starts but couldn’t capitalise. Tim Southee (2/46) scalped two wickets, while Umesh Yadav (1/24), Anukul Roy (1/28) and Shivam Mavi (1/33) accounted for one each.

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Nitish Rana (48 not out), Rinku Singh (42 not out) and Shreyas Iyer (34) then chipped in with useful contributions as KKR romped home, scoring 158 for three in 19.1 overs.

“The wicket was a bit slow, but they also bowled really well, but with the kind of batting we had, we would have liked a few more boundaries at the end and finish off a bit better. I think we were short by 15- 20 runs,” Samson said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“Having few niggles from the last couple of games, It’s feeling good now and I’m recovering well. It’s a great effort (with the ball), we showed some real fight in the game and the energy was really amazing. Personally, we should have batted a bit more better.

“Of course, win the next time for sure. We have to keep on assessing the game and who is batting with you, wickets at the wrong time stopped myself to keep on going with the momentum. Wanted to build up the partnership and when I wanted to go hard I think they bowled really well and we couldn’t execute our shots,” Samson added.