IPL 2021 | We offered away works, concentrated an excessive amount of on what batters were doing: Virat Kohli on RCB's 34-run defeat
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli
After a 34-run defeat against Punjab Kings on Friday, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli admitted that their part provided away ’25-odd works’ ultimately at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Electing to bowl very first, RCB curbed the Punjab batting unit to 118/5 at one stage inside innings. But skipper KL Rahul stepped-up with an unbeaten 91 while Harpreet Brar chipped in with 25 from 17 deliveries as PBKS posted 179 for five in the scoreboard.
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Brar (3/19) then shone because of the basketball also, dismissing three key competing batsmen — Virat Kohli (35), Glenn Maxwell (0), and AB de Villiers (3) — as RCB floundered inside run-chase to publish 145 for eight in 20 overs.
“They got to a good start but we pulled things back once again notably after five down. Needs to have already been chasing 160, once they had been 116/5, but we gave away 25-odd runs in the long run. Concentrated excessively on what the batters had been doing. We got from our plans. We gave too many bad balls for boundaries.
“As batsmen, we could have attempted various things early. It absolutely was difficult hitting through the line. It absolutely was exactly about looking to get a partnership and also have a strike rate in excess of 110. We had been incapable of do this as a batting device. Just a few little tweaks we must address going forward. You can find places we must enhance,” said Kohli in post-match presentation.
The RCB skipper additionally heaped praise on Rajat Patidar, who scored 31 from 30 deliveries and kept the scoreboard ticking against a self-disciplined Punjab bowling device.
“Rajat is a quality player, just that today wasn’t their night. In the long run, we gave away 25 runs way too many. One wicket here so we might have squeezed them. We couldn’t execute our programs. Pulled few works nicely as Harshal and Jamieson struck couple of runs towards the end. The margin has been a more impressive one usually,” determined Kohli.
Posted at Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:13:50 +0000
