HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyderabad head trainer Brian Lara used to be “very impressed” by way of the injury-prone pacer. T Natarajanwhose efficiency used to be one of the most few positives to have pop out of the heavy loss towards Rajasthan Royals within the IPL.
The Royals gained the sport by way of 72 runs. Natarajan, whose occupation has been hampered by way of accidents, bounced again strongly after conceding 17 runs in his first over. He ended with figures of 23 for 2 in 3 overs.
“First of all injury wise, he is back and he has the experience. How he came after the first over was very impressive.
“The bowlers did neatly within the final 8 overs. At one level it appeared that we might have chasing 225 plus however they (Royals) struggled to recover from 200. There have been some positives. The guys can fortify from right here,” said Lara on Sunday.
He also defended their decision to bowl first.
“We performed numerous observe periods along the real pitch. Those have been a bit of bit bouncy and had a little of tempo on them. When we appeared on the observe for these days we felt it used to be a just right observe and it used to be the primary sport of event.
“We thought let’s see if we can, with bowling being our strong suit during the camps, if we can put the opposition under pressure.”
He gave due credit score to opposition spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin.
“Obviously, with a little bit of rough marks and with the class of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin… We did not bowl as well as we should have in the opening overs and the guys put their hands up and said we got to improve in that. area.”
The Royals gained the sport by way of 72 runs. Natarajan, whose occupation has been hampered by way of accidents, bounced again strongly after conceding 17 runs in his first over. He ended with figures of 23 for 2 in 3 overs.
“First of all injury wise, he is back and he has the experience. How he came after the first over was very impressive.
“The bowlers did neatly within the final 8 overs. At one level it appeared that we might have chasing 225 plus however they (Royals) struggled to recover from 200. There have been some positives. The guys can fortify from right here,” said Lara on Sunday.
He also defended their decision to bowl first.
“We performed numerous observe periods along the real pitch. Those have been a bit of bit bouncy and had a little of tempo on them. When we appeared on the observe for these days we felt it used to be a just right observe and it used to be the primary sport of event.
“We thought let’s see if we can, with bowling being our strong suit during the camps, if we can put the opposition under pressure.”
He gave due credit score to opposition spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin.
“Obviously, with a little bit of rough marks and with the class of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin… We did not bowl as well as we should have in the opening overs and the guys put their hands up and said we got to improve in that. area.”
Lara added his efficiency in each the powerplays price him the sport.
“If you split the game into two halves, we lost the first powerplay with the ball in our hands. And when we had the bat in our hands, we also lost the power play. They got 85 and it obviously becomes tough when you lose two wickets in the first over chasing over 200,” Lara added.