One of the stars of Rajasthan Royals’ campaign in the IPL, Shreyas Gopal took the competition by storm as he made taking important wickets a happy habit, including those of the ilk of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Shreyas, who has now accounted for de Villiers four times and Kohli three, in his last four outings against RCB, topped off his brilliant season with a hat-trick at his home ground, M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The leg-spinner finished with the distinction of being the most prolific Indian bowler (20 wickets) at the end of the league stage.
“Personally I am happy and there is nothing I can complain about. Honestly, if I say I am very happy then I wouldn’t be right because at the end of the day you are judged by how the team has done or at least that’s how I want to be judged,” Shreyas said in an interview with Cricketnext.
“But it all starts here, because players will study me a lot and I have to use the learnings from the season to comeback as a more complete player next year.”
“You can’t be defensive and as a leg-spinner especially it is important to keep attacking and be aggressive. The mindset always has to lean towards taking wickets,” Shreyas explained.
“One has to have a plan and back himself to execute it to the best of his abilities. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it does not. But as long as you have a plan, that gives you the best chance of succeeding.”
