Had not planned for any bowler, just kept it simple: Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi finally converted his brilliant starts to a big knock on Wednesday as he helped his side to an emphatic win over Kolkata Knight Riders

Tripathi, who is yet to earn a national cap, revealed after the match that he had no plans what soever for any bowler and played every ball according to his merit

“I think that worked well. If I would have thought something or I would have made plans that wouldn’t have worked because these are good bowlers; they (KKR) are a great bowling side,” Tripathi told teammate Jaydev Unadkat during an interaction for iplt20.com.

“So I just kept it simple to watch the ball, hit the ball and go with my gut feeling. And I think keeping my mind blank was also important. I wasn’t thinking much and played according to the merit of a ball.”

This was Tripathi’s second half-century in the IPL despite having failed to score 30 on just two occasions in the tournament so far. Tripathi has been instru mental in providing perfect plat form to his side, who picked up their seventh victory to go leve on points with KKR.

“I was getting good starts, and I wanted to carry on that start but we won and that’s more impor tant,” Tripathi added. “I would have loved to finish the match that’s certainly there. But if we win the match, then it’s okay.”

He also went on to add the importance of sharing the dress ing room with the likes of Steven Smith, MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis and so on, stating that the expert ise of the cricketers had helped him grow in confidence.