Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG), on Friday, defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) via 20 runs at MCA Stadium in Pune to transport up at the issues desk. Lucknow effectively defended their general of 153 runs to check in 2d triumph at the trot.

Regardless of the essential win, LSG skipper KL Rahul was once unsatisfied as he criticised batters for generating a below-par efficiency. Rahul slammed his batters for throwing away their wickets and reckoned that it was once a show of ‘silly cricket’.

After being requested to bat first, Lucknow misplaced wickets at common durations and simplest controlled to position 153/8 at the board. Opener Quinton de Kock (46) and middle-order batter Deepak Hooda (34) chipped in with treasured contributions whilst different batters did not are living as much as the expectancies.

No surprise Rahul was once no longer happy; he admitted to being indignant on the finish of the primary innings. The Mangaluru-born noticed that they may’ve batted well and reached 180-190, but it surely didn’t occur.

“I used to be upset and fuming on the finish of the primary innings. We performed silly cricket with the bat. We want to recover with the bat. Part-time, when Quinny and Deepak have been batting. They paced it actually, actually neatly to get to 60 in 9 overs on a tough wicket. Had we batted well, we may have gotten to 180-190,” Rahul mentioned on the post-match presentation.

The proper-handed opener mentioned that his crew want to do higher in relation to studying the sport and must’ve performed with extra warning.

“I feel we simply want to be smarter at studying the sport. If lets no longer have performed too many pictures, we may have executed higher. We now have been excellent at the box and excellent with the ball. Simply want to stay repeating the great things,” the LSG skipper added.