Xtra Time Web Desk: Rajasthan Royals’ Liam Livingstone has made quite a name for himself with his six hitting. The destructive England batsman will be the player to watch out for in the upcoming second leg of IPL 2021 in UAE. Livingstone, who has close to 350 overall sixes to his name across formats is referred to his ability to hit hard and long as a “super strength”, and added, “Power-hitting is something that I’ve worked really hard at – trying to get that consistency. Ultimately, it’s sort of a super strength for me at the moment and hopefully I can continue with it.”
The hard-hitting Englishman had to withdraw midway into the first phase of the IPL 2021, but says it was one of the toughest decisions he had to make. “I had spent a lot of time away from home during the winter, living out of hotels. Ultimately, I guess the pressure of everything kind of built up to a point where I felt like I wasn’t in the best place to perform even if I was needed to. The best decision for me personally and my own health was to go home and take some time off, and I think Royals management were kind enough to understand this and make everything easy for me. I feel there’s more to life than just cricket, and sometimes we sort of forget that we are actual human beings and sometimes we have to look after ourselves,” stated Liam, who says he feels really refreshed now going into the second phase of the season.
Summing up Rajasthan Royals’ campaign in the first half, Liam said that “the team played some good cricket at times and some bad cricket as well”. He added, “But we’ve now got a great opportunity to qualify for the playoffs. I feel like we’ve put together a really good squad, we’ve filled our overseas with good quality. We’ve got a lot of Indian talent in our group and hopefully we can get our combinations right to get some points.”