Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble said that losing close matches in the Indian Premier League has become a pattern for him team, adding t...
Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble said that losing close matches in the Indian Premier League has become a pattern for him team, adding that the two-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday was a tough pill to swallow.
The Punjab side failed to score four runs from the final over with the Royals fast bowler Kartik Tyagi dismissing Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda and giving away only one run to snatch the win for his team.
“It’s sort of become a bit of a pattern for us, especially as soon as we get to Dubai, it seems. There was a clear message saying we need to finish this game in 19 overs, and that was the approach,” Kumble said at the post-match press conference.
“Unfortunately, we let it till the end, and in the last couple of balls it becomes a lottery (with) a new batsman going in, it is a bit of lottery.”
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The former Indian captain gave credit to Tyagi for the way he bowled the final over.
“But credit to how Tyagi bowled the last over, it was pretty obvious that he’s going to bowl wide outside the off stump, but somehow our batters...
