The guru mantra of victory came in the work of Tevatia: The coach said - a change in backlift changed the game; In the match against PBKS, Gujarat won by hitting sixes in the last two balls.

His coach also has a big hand during the performance of Rahul Teotia, who became the hero after scoring 12 runs in the last two balls against Punjab Kings at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday. His coach's guru mantra has contributed a lot to bringing back Tewatia, who was struggling for runs in 2021. His childhood coach Vijay Yadav says that Tewatia worked on batting before the start of IPL. I have made some changes to his back lift. His backlift has been raised so that power can come in his shot.

The secret of his success in 2020 was also that his backlift was high, but if seen in 2021, he was hitting the back lift and shooting. We worked on his battle lift. At the same time, instead of net practice, the practice was done in the open ground, so that the practice of playing shots can be done openly. Its effect is visible in the 15th season of IPL. His performance in 3 matches played so far has been excellent.

Strong contenders for finishers for T20 World Cup

Tewatia's coach says that after Dhoni's departure, Team India does not have a finisher like him. The place of a finisher in Team India is vacant. Rahul has shown based on his performance in the opening matches that he is ready to fill the finisher's spot. If you talk about the match with Punjab Kings, then on the last 2 balls for the team, the team needs 12 runs to win. At the same time, playing the role of finisher for the team against Lucknow Giants, he scored 40 runs in 24 balls to win. Scored 14 runs in 8 balls against Delhi Capitals.

In 2020, he came into the discussion by hitting 5 sixes in 5 balls.

Rahul Tewatia made his IPL debut in 2014, but he came into the limelight in 2020. He came into the limelight by hitting five consecutive sixes off Sheldon Cottrell against Punjab Kings while playing for Rajasthan Royals. In this match, he played an innings of 53 runs in 31 balls and put the losing match in the bag of Rajasthan.

Poor performance in 2021 as compared to 2020

Last season was very bad for Rahul Teotia. Before that, he had scored 255 runs at an average of 42.50 in 14 matches played for Rajasthan Royals in 2020. Also, his strike rate was 139.34. Apart from this, he also took 10 wickets.

In 14 matches he played for Rajasthan last season, he scored 155 runs at an average of 15.50 and took 8 wickets. His strike rate was 105.44. Scored only 86 runs in 7 matches played in the first phase of IPL and could not do much in bowling and took only 2 wickets. In the 7 matches played in the second phase in UAE, Rahul Tewatia could only score 12, 2, 0, 9, 2 runs and did not bat once. However, during this time Rahul took five wickets.