RCB vs RR: Kuldeep Sen after match-winning four-wicket haul - The plan was to bowl hard lengths
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IPL 2022, On Tuesday, Kuldeep Sen picked up four wickets, including that of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and hard-hitter Glenn Maxwell.
Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) fast bowler Kuldeep Sen said that he planned on bowling hard lengths in the match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday, April 26 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune. Kuldeep picked up a four-wicket haul and helped the Royals overtake the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to the top of the table.
The 25-year-old started his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 sojourn with his last-over heroics against The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) where he restricted an ominous-looking Marcus Stoinis. But after his first two outings, he had to sit out due to a side strain.
The pacer said that he got an idea of the pitch’s nature in Tuesday’s game after watching RCB bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mohammed Siraj.
“After my second game, I missed a couple of games as I suffered a side strain at the nets during practice. Watching Hazlewood and Siraj, I realised that the ball was stopping a bit. So the plan was to bowl hard lengths. The talks were about hitting the right lengths and preventing run-flow, since we had seen that in the first innings,” Kuldeep was quoted as saying after the match.
Kuldeep started his spell by picking the all-important wickets of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and hard-hitting batter Glenn Maxwell. After the two wickets, he found himself on a hat-trick, but he couldn’t accomplish the milestone.
Nevertheless, he went on to get two more scalps of Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel to finish with more than decent bowling figures of 3.3-0-20-4.
The Royals are next set to lock horns with Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday, April 30 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai.
