Rajasthan Royals are struggling after suffering three losses in their four games so far and team director Kumar Sangakkara thinks unless one among the top four of his batting line-up scores big, it will be difficult for them to bounce back from the current slump.

“...you see the ability, there is just the need to build those partnerships and one of the top four, they need to get a big score,” Sangakkara said at the post-match media conference.

Rajasthan’s top four features the big-hitters like Jos Buttler, skipper Sanju Samson and David Miller.

“We need to bat smartly in the Powerplay... Unfortunately, we didn’t manage that,” Sagakkara said after the 10-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

If it hadn’t been for Shivam Dube (46 off 32 balls) and Rahul Tewatia’s (40 off 23 balls) counter-attacking innings, Rajasthan would not have been able to set a 178-run target on Thursday, though that proved to be too little in the end.

“The middle order and the lower middle order really fought well and that was quite impressive to see.”