Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul, who made a scintillating century against Royal Challengers Bangalore, said he was lacking in confidence heading into the team’s second IPL fixture.
Rahul starred with an unbeaten 132 off 69 balls as KXIP outplayed RCB by 97 runs in Dubai on Thursday.
“I have actually been not so confident (hitting it this well). I had a chat with Maxi (Glenn Maxwell) yesterday, he said how are you feeling, I said that I am not feeling completely in control of my batting, he said you must be joking, you are hitting really well,” Rahul said at the post-match presentation.
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He had already spoken about his fears leading up to the IPL, considering he was coming back after a five-month-long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Quite honestly I was nervous but I knew if I…