XtraTime Web Desk: Rajasthan Royals new skipper Steve Smith has started his journey with a bang as he remained not out on 59 off 48 deliveries to help the home side bag two crucial points against Mumbai Indians after they beat Rohit Sharma’s side 5 wickets.
Due to a string of losses under Rahane the franchisee thought a fresh approach is needed to bring their 2019 campaign back on track. Now it’s quite clear that they were right on their decision. After the game Smith revealed that despite of trying he hasn’t contributed much for RRR this season but now he is quite pleased after today’s win.” I haven’t contributed as much as I would’ve liked through the tournament and it feels really nice to have gotten the boys over the line. Hopefully we can carry it forward from here,” said Smith at the post match presentation ceremony.
Now the RRR skipper only wants to keep focus in their matches.” We can’t worry about others’ results, it’s just about us and our game. We showed a lot of courage to pull them back to 160 and executed our plans really well,” added Smith.
He also backe Jofra Archer who dropped three catches against Mumbai Indians.” It’s never good when you don’t take your catches, but Jofra pulled it back really well for us with the ball and was terrific,” said Smith.