Following Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) 36-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Qualifier 2 match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, RR Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara remarked that the team had a great season overall. During the post-match press conference, Sangakkara mentioned that they began the tournament well but faced some narrow losses in the latter half.
“I think it was a great season for us. We started really well and then we lost a close game to SRH in Hyderabad and [in] Delhi also we put ourselves in winning positions,” Sangakkara said.
He praised his players, stating they played “phenomenal” cricket throughout the tournament.
“Sometimes you have streaks, RCB lost almost every game at the start and then caught up. That’s how T20 goes. All we can do is put ourselves in positions of playoffs and vying for finals which we did. I think all the guys throughout the season played really phenomenal cricket. There was a little bit of fatigue of course at the back end but it doesn’t really matter when you’re in games like this, you gotta just turn up and perform,” he added.
