Gujarat Titans batting coach Parthiv Patel heaped praise on Nicholas Pooran after the Lucknow Super Giants star continued his fine form on Saturday, April 12. to move to third in the points table.
Pooran regained the top spot in the Orange Cap race as he has 349 runs in 6 matches, with four fifties to his name. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Parthiv said that it is tough to plan against a batter like Pooran and sometimes you have to admit defeat and praise him for his batting. The GT coach claimed that it is difficult to stop Pooran once he gets going.
“It is very difficult to plan against someone like Nicholas Pooran. We had our plans, but the game was in such a situation where we had to attack. Sometimes you have to just tell him, well played. That’s exactly how he batted. We have seen that if he gets going, he is really difficult to stop,” said Parthiv.
Parthiv finds positives despite loss
The loss ended GT’s 4-match winning run but Parthiv still looked at the positives. The GT coach praised Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan for the opening stand and praised the bowling of Prasidh Krishna. Parthiv said that they need to focus on their fielding a bit.
“Opening partnership was outstanding, there is no doubt about it. Both Shubman and Sai Sudharsan have been phenomenal for us throughout the season. I thought Prasidh Krishna has been bowling well, Mohammed Siraj has been bowling well but today wasn’t his day.”
“Sai played well, have been playing well. It’s not easy to show consistency in this format. The way he is batting, the shots he is playing, you can see his conventional touch. He plays low-risk cricket but keeps the strike rate high. What we need to improve upon is probably fielding. That’s something which can change the result of the game,” said Parthiv.
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