Delhi: In the 11th match of IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals finally won their first win. In this exciting match played at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, Rajasthan defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 runs. Nitish Rana played an important role in this victory. Rana also received the Man of the Match award for a stormy innings of 81 runs. After the match, Nitish spoke on his batting order.
Why did the batting order change?
Star batsman Nitish Rana scored 81 runs in 36 balls, including 10 fours and 5 sixes. After this brilliant performance, he told that the decision to send him up in batting order was taken by team coaches Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore.
Rana said after the match, “This was a strategic decision, which the coaches took. I am ready to bat at any number. There was a discussion with Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore in the dressing room, after which it was decided that I would bat at number three today.”
Plan was to bat aggressively in powerplay
Rana further told that he wanted to take full advantage of the powerplay, because later it could have been difficult to score runs when the ball was old. He said, “My goal was to use the new ball correctly. It was necessary to score runs in the powerplay, because it would not be easy to play on the old ball. I was not playing for the bowler or wicket, but according to the fielding. Whenever the fine leg or third man was up, I would take advantage of the bowler’s speed and play the shot.”
With this victory, Rajasthan Royals registered their first win in IPL 2025. Now the team is ninth in the points table and will play their next match against Punjab Kings on 5 April.
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