RR vs SRH: It was a game of life and death for me, says Vijay Shankar | Cricket news

DUBAI: all terrain Vijay shankar says he tried the game against Royals of Rajasthan as a ‘game of life and death’, as his good show with the bat and ball may have saved his place in Hyderabad sunrisesis playing XI.
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Manish pandey (83) and Shankar (52) forged an unbroken 140-race partnership to help SRH chase RR’s 154 for six on Thursday.
The comfortable eight-wicket victory lifted the team to fifth in the eight-team competition with eight points from 10 games.
“If you ask me personally, it was a game of life and death for me. This is how I saw this game. I didn’t have the best time with the bat, so I had to play this game and luckily or unfortunately, we lost early ground that they made the team send me the order, “Shankar said at the post-match press conference.

The Tamil Nadu cricketer, who also gained ground on Thursday, said the team should have a couple of previous close games.
“We just slipped in the final minutes. A victory like this will give confidence to each and every member of the team. We can win the remaining matches and stay alive in the tournament,” he said.
After SRH lost two early wickets during his chase, Shankar said his plan was simple: forge a partnership and take the game as deep as possible.

“Manish was actually hitting the ball really well early on. In fact, I didn’t hit (face) that many balls before this inning. I hit only 18 balls before this inning, so it was very important to me to feel it. Archer was playing. bowling fast, so it was important to me to stay at the gate.
“We wanted to deepen the game, so I opened up and then we had some limits and that made things easier for us,” he said.

RR is currently languishing in seventh place with eight points from 11 games and the team’s head coach, Andrew McDonald, said the equation is simple as of now: win the remaining three games and expect favorable results in other games.
“The challenge is quite clear, win three in a row and see where we are in the race index. We have no other choice. It is about continuing to prepare, continuing to believe that we are good enough. The team has nothing to lose,” he said. He said.