Can’t Afford Any More Mistakes: Dravid Ahead of Crucial Clash vs RCB

Bengaluru: Ahead of his side’s away game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR) head coach Rahul Dravid said that the team cannot afford to make much mistakes from now on with just six games left in their league stage campaign.

A struggling RR, having lost six out of their eight matches, with an ongoing four-match losing streak, will be taking on RCB, who have won five matches outside home in a row, but have lost all three games at the home venue of M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where they will try to break the jinx on Wednesday. In their two recent games against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), RR needed nine runs in the final over, but lost the match after a Super Over following a tie and by two runs, respectively.

Speaking ahead of the game in the pre-match presser, Dravid said as quoted by ESPNCricinfo, “We know we have to play well to be still alive in this tournament. I know we have lost a couple of close games coming into this, but we have played some good cricket as well.”

The Bengaluru wicket has been challenging so far for batters during the first innings, with RCB’s first innings so far being 169 for 8, 163 for 7, and 95 for 9 in a 14-over game. Though the bowlers put up a fine fight, RCB lost all their games at home.

Speaking about batting approach on such tough pitches, Dravid said, “ I mean, you just have to go for it irrespective and that is a given. But I think every surface will be different. I think the last one, just having a chat with the groundsman, it was under covers for a really long period of time, so it was probably not a good one to judge it on.” (ANI)

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