‘That decision was very good’: Nitish Rana on being promoted to No.3 in RR vs CSK match | Ipl News
Nitish Rana who was promoted to No. 3 in the Rajasthan Royals batting lineup before the match against the Chennai Super Kings repaid the faith the management played a blering 81-run innings on Sunday against CSK. The former Kolkata Knight Riders player said that he changed his game plan from the previous two matches and tried to use the pace of the Barsapara Cricket Stadium wicket to his success.
“I got to know yesterday (Saturday) when Rahul sir called me before going to practice. Riyan also told me that I could bat at number 3. I guess, that decision was very good,” Nitish said at the post-match press conference.
“In the first two matches, I was trying to hit hard. So, my learning from the last two matches was that if I try to use pace in this wicket, how much pace I can use on the new ball, if I try to do that, then my success rate can increase in making runs. And today, I did the same thing…,” he added.
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He also lauded the captaincy of Riyan Parag, who won his first match in a leadership role and also led the Royals to their first win in this IPL season after losing back to back matches against the Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“I think, captaincy is very result-oriented. If your result is in your favor, then everyone says that you are a very good captain. I don’t believe that. I think, there are small battles in a T20 game. How you win those battles, that is important,” Nitish said.
“A player knows that and Riyan is very calm as a captain. And this dressing room is also very calm. This starts with the coaches, the kind of atmosphere that Sanju and even Rahul sir has created in the dressing room… there was no panic. And we just tried to focus on the process,” he added.
