Hardik Pandya explains his surprising decision to bat first against the Punjab Kings.
The choice to bat first against the odds did not pay off, but it was something the Gujarat Titans needed; to do to break out of their comfort zone ahead of the IPL’s larger battles, according to captain Hardik Pandya. Titans, who have eight victories from ten games and are expected to make the play-offs; were defeated by Punjab by eight wickets on Tuesday. Titans were reduced to 143 for eight, which Punjab were able to chase down in 16 overs.
“We didn’t indeed come near to accomplishing a standard score.” 170 would have been extraordinary; but we kept losing wickets and never came near to getting there. “With the bat, I supported ourselves; batting to begin with wasn’t a terrible move; we required to induce out of our consolation zone,” Hardik remarked.
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“We have chased well in this competition, and we need to know how to set up destinations; on the off chance that vital (afterward within the competition).” This can be all portion of the learning prepare; but it’s all almost learning to thrust ourselves out of our consolation zones.
“Even when we were winning, we were always talking about improving; we’d speak about things that didn’t go our way today and how we’d; come back stronger in the next game.” Mayank Agarwal, Punjab’s captain, praised his squad after the much-needed victory. He chose to slide down the order to make room for Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan at the top.
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He also stated that as the fight for a play-off position heats up, his squad needs achieve some consistency.
“We’d want to thread a couple (wins) together, and there’s no better moment than now to do that.”