IPL 2023: Hardik Pandya Admits GT Could Have Been More Aggressive Against RR

GT captain Hardik Pandya felt that the team did not score enough runs in the first innings and said that they should try to reach the 200-run mark after Sunday's loss against RR.

Sanju Samson led GT into bat and scored 177 runs behind David Miller's 46 and Shubman Gill's 45. The RR chase got off to a poor start with Pandya and Mohammad Shami wreaking havoc in the first four overs. But then Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer's devastating batting gave RR their first win over GT with three wickets and four balls to spare. Pandya said that he did not expect to lose after a strong bowling performance in the Powerplay. "To be honest, no (the loss was not expected after the powerplay), but that's the beauty of this game. The game is never over until it's over, another lesson for us," Pandya said.

The GT captain spoke about Noor Ahmed and said that the other bowlers did not perform well in the last few overs. Pandya also said that his body is looking good. "He is someone who is difficult to pick, we had a lot of success but the other bowlers didn't execute it. The body is good, everything is good. It is a very long tournament. There are many matches left, we still need to play a lot. Group cricket Even if we had won today," Pandya said. Pandya said he felt the score of 177 was a little short and said the team could have made it a little harder to get to 200.

"I felt short. After I got out, they bowled a couple of good overs, but we should have struggled a bit to get to 200. We covered it well but when I was watching from the outside, I thought we were. 10 Runs may be short," Pandya said.