IPL 2022: Wanindu Hasaranga ran by the SRH batting lineup.© BCCI/IPL
Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga on Sunday mentioned the readability of his position as a wicket-taking bowler within the Royal Challengers Bangalore aspect was serving to him within the ongoing Indian Premier League. The spin-bowling all-rounder, who turned the most costly Sri Lankan participant in IPL historical past when RCB purchased him for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore at this 12 months’s public sale, returned with figures of 5/18 to inflict a fourth straight loss on Sunrisers Hyderabad. “I’m a wicket-taking bowler and the team also thinks like that. I try to bowl a lot of dot balls and try to get wickets. That’s my role in the team,” Hasaranga mentioned on the post-match media interplay after RCB’s 67-run win over SRH.
With his fifer, Hasaranga (21 wickets) turned the second participant on this IPL to get previous the 20-wicket mark and he’s at present at second spot behind Yuzvendra Chahal (22).
After dismissing Aiden Markram, Hasaranga returned to have the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Jagadeesha Suchith in successive overs. He then completed off his spell with a double-wicket maiden.
“I’m really happy for my position right now. I try to take wickets in middle overs and put pressure on the opposition.
“This 12 months, 4 gamers from Sri Lanka are doing rather well, particularly Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai), Dushmantha Chameera (Lucknow) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Punjab). For us our three primary bowlers taking part in on this IPL, that is good expertise for us after we return to Sri Lanka,” he mentioned.
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Uncapped pace sensation Umran Malik once again had a below-par outing as he leaked 20 runs in the first over and Hasaranga said the strategy was to go after him up front to put early pressure on him.
“He (Umran Malik) bowled quick, a number of again of the size deliveries. On this wicket, there was not a lot bounce, it was good to bat, in order that’s why our batters took on him within the first over. He acquired below strain after we scored 20 runs in opposition to him. That was the plan we had in opposition to him,” he concluded.
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