Rajasthan Royals (RR) Director of Cricket Kuma Sangakkara after his team's 36-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Qualifier 2 match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India]. Said that he had a great season in the tournament. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Sangakkara said that they started well, but lost some close games in the second half of the tournament. "I think it was a fantastic season for us. We started really well and then we lost a close match to SRH in Hyderabad and also in Delhi we put ourselves in a position to win," Sangakkara said. Praised his players and said they played "phenomenal" cricket throughout the tournament, with RCB losing almost every game in the beginning and the T20s progressing similarly.All we can do is get ourselves into the playoffs and compete for the final, which I think is really amazing cricket played by all the players throughout the season. Of course there was a bit of fatigue at the last end, but when you are in a game like this it doesn't really matter, you just have to carry on and perform,'' he said, recalling the match Rajasthan Royals won the toss. Won and decided to field first. Heinrich Klaasen (50 runs off 34 balls, 4 sixes) and Rahul Tripathi (37 runs off 15 balls, 5 fours and 2 sixes) were the standout batsmen in the first innings and played brilliant innings which helped Sunrisers Helped in scoring 175 runs. /9th on the scoreboard. Travis Head (34 off 28 balls, 3 fours and 1 six) also played a key role in the opening for Hyderabad franchise Trent Boult and Avesh Khan led the Rajasthan bowling attack after the pacer took three wickets each. . During the run chase, Yashasvi Jaiswal (42 runs on 21 balls, 4 fours and sixes) and Dhruv Jurel (56 runs on 35 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes) tried their best but failed to chase the target. The Royals lost by 36 runs after failing to add runs against the SRH bowlers, with Shahbaz Ahmed leading the SRH bowling attack taking 3 wickets in his four-over spell, while Abhishek Sharma took two wickets in his four-over spell. Got wickets, will face Sunrisers.Kolkata Knight Riders are in the final of the ongoing edition at Chepauk on Sunday.