Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have been using the victory wave of IPL 2021 ever for the reason that begin of the season, securing two wins within the bag towards Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively. The Virat Kohli-led aspect might be trying to preserve the profitable streak going as they go head-to-head towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, on April 18, Sunday afternoon. Despite an uneven patch of 1 victory towards Sunrisers Hyderabad and one loss towards Mumbai Indians, RCB coach Simon Katich reckons the Eoin Morgan-led aspect will nonetheless be a formidable opponent to be careful for.
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“We know that KKR played two very good games. They didn’t quite get the result in the second game. But they did a lot right, and they are a very dangerous team,” the Australian stated, in a video posted by the offical RCB Twitter.
“We know they have a lot of quality with both bat and the ball. They will be keen to bounce back. We are keen to stay on a roll. We know there’s still a lot of hard work that needs to be done in this tournament,” he added.Further, the primary day match of the season brings new challenges forth for each groups, and Katich acknowledges that that is no time for the boys in purple to be placing their guard down.
“It’s a new challenge, the fact that it’s a day game. We know that the wicket has been hard work for the batsman at times. There’s spin. It’s been slow. It’s a new challenge, but I know this group is truly hungry.” he stated.
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The Royal Challengers aspect is very eager, having made it to runners-up 3 times throughout the sequence, however by no means having received the trophy. In a video posted by the RCB official Twitter, the cricketers may be seen laborious at work making an attempt to pump up for the upcoming match on Sunday.
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Our gamers educated laborious in scorching and humid situations earlier than our ultimate sport in Chennai, towards KKR. We spoke to a few of the gamers and coaches on @myntra presents Game Day.#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/37bmThyueM
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 18, 2021
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight Riders have been two-time champions of the IPL sequence and are on the lookout for a repeat of 2014, once they final received the trophy.
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