Warne hopes Royals rebound

Captain Shane Warne is hoping his Rajasthan Royals will bounce back quickly following defeats in the first two games of the Indian Premier League.

The Royals, who had surprised all by winning the first edition of the tournament in 2008, began the third edition with a loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai and went down by six wickets against the Delhi Daredevils in Ahmedabad on Tuesday morning.

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala made a fighting unbeaten 53 in the Royals' total of 6-141, but the home side was blown away by a fierce 75 from Virender Sehwag which helped the Daredevils overhaul the target with almost three full overs to spare.

Warne said: "It was a home game for us and the crowd was fantastic, but unfortunately we just did not play very well in all departments right from ball one."

"We got off to a pretty good start and we were 2-45 in 4.5 overs, but from there it all went backwards."

"When you don't win games questions will be asked of every player in the side."

"We just played poorly tonight and we have had a horrendous start to the tournament, but we had similar starts before and we have the ability to come back."

"It's still a long tournament with 12 games to go, but we need to bounce back as quick as we can and try and get some sort of momentum going."

The Royals will next be in action against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday morning.