Rajasthan Royals Skipper Sanju Samson believes that these kinds of close matches make the Indian Premier League special and revealed that he was confident about Sandeep Sharma defending the total in the final over and admitted that the No ball cost side the game.
With 17 required in six balls, it felt like Sandeep Sharma would once again help Rajasthan Royals but he overstepped in the final ball as Samad held his nerves in the second chance and smashed a huge hit for a maximum in the straight to seal the victory for the 2016 champions.
Sanju Samson looked visibly upset after his side’s 5th loss in the last six games, Speaking on the Post-match presentation, Samson believes that these kinds of games make the cash-rich league so special and said that the team cannot relax at any stage of the innings posting big totals.
“To be very honest, we all know that’s what IPL gives you. Matches like these, that’s what make IPL so special. You can never never never feel like you’ve won the game,” Samson said.
“I was very confident with Sandeep. He has won us a game with almost a similar situation. He did it again today but that no-ball ruined our result,” Sanju Samson added.
The Indian wicket-keeper said that he was confident about the ability of Sandeep Sharma, as he had previously defended in the same kind of situation against Chennai Super Kings in Chepauk.
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Sanju Samson said that it was unexpected to have no ball as it was difficult to control their thoughts in death overs and Sandeep Sharma would have known what to do in the final ball and admitted that he would had slight change in his mindset because of the match situations and reckons that it is important to be on their mark until there have won the game.
