Rajasthan Royals' medium pacer Siddharth Trivedi said that their strategy of playing only the pace bowlers had worked to perfection against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Insisting that it was a well planned out strategy, Trivedi said: "It was our strategy which helped us to notch crucial victory. See we did not have any spinners in the eleven and the pace bowlers did it for us. We were able to grab wickets whenever we needed them."
Rajasthan Royals outplayed the defending champions by 19 runs to register their second successive victory in the Pepsi Indian Premier League, here last night.
Trivedi, who picked up three for 23 to bag the man of the match award, said the wicket offered some movement.
"It was a good wicket to bowl on. It offered some movement and the ball was seaming on it. Everything went in according to our plan. We knew if we grab few early wickets we could be able to exert pressure on them," the lanky medium pacer said.
Trivedi said although England batsman Eoin Morgan's 38-ball 51-run knock and his brief partnership with Rajat Bhatia gave some headache to the hosts, they were confident of pulling it off in the end.
"We had them under pressure but Morgan played a fine innings but the wickets kept falling at the other end. The partnership between Morgan and Rajat Bhatia (12) did look threatening but we knew it was going to be too difficult for them," he said.
