IPL 2022: KL Rahul points out reason behind LSG's defeat against RR, says THIS

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KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants faced a 24-run defeat against Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals in the 63rd match of IPL 2022 at the MCA Stadium, Pune on Sunday. LSG failed to chase down 179 runs target set by RR. The prime reason behind the defeat was the failure of the top order. Quinten de Kock scored seven runs before getting out against Trent Boult while Aayush Badoni was sent back on a golden duck in the same over. KL Rahul was dismissed for 10 by Prasidh Krishna. LSG's top order scored just 17 runs. 

.@rajasthanroyals return to winning ways! @IamSanjuSamson & Co. register their 8th victory of the season as they beat #LSG by 24 runs.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 15, 2022

"We need to find ways to get a good start when there is movement with the ball. Executing what we want to is the aim. Holding our nerve and give ourselves a chance to play out the new ball or play out a good spell. There's often enough time to make up and go big from there," Rahul said at the post-match presentation on Sunday.

Rahul said the Brabourne pitch was better than the Pune pitch, which was harder. "The pitch at Pune was harder. This was a better pitch. There was seam movement earlier and they bowled well. Losing two wickets was bad, we've lost games because of that before," he said.

Rahul blamed poor work by his batters while chasing a gettable target as the reason for their defeat.

"It was a gettable target, a good pitch. The new ball was assisting the bowlers. We were good with the ball, the batting group has not performed collectively in a few games. We have to go back and get better." Rahul said as his team remained on 16 points from 13 matches as Rajasthan Royals leapfrogged them to the second spot on the points table with a better net run rate.