Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Mahipal Lomror had fun with the bat by means of his audacious 29-ball 54 towards Delhi Capitals on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.
Lomror joined the franchise in 2022 and on Saturday lastly obtained the chance to come back good with the bat albeit in a dropping trigger. His knock was laced with three maximums and 9 boundaries. Head Coach Sanjay Bangar stated Lomror was actually the spotlight of the match which led to a seven-wicket defeat for them.
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“There were a lot of positives to take from our last match in Delhi, especially in the batting department. Mahipal Lomror coming good with the bat was probably the highlight of the match. We showed great consistency in the batting department,” Bangar was quoted as saying by the franchise in a launch.
Lomror acknowledged that his job within the Bangalore batting line-up coming after talismanic batters Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell is to disrupt the opposition`s bowling plans. “My job was to try to score a boundary in every over. To put opposition bowlers under pressure I took some risks and it paid off. I love playing on slow wickets because I get to play on the backfoot where I am quite strong.”
Fifty for Mahipal Lomror.
RCB was struggling, innings wasn’t going anyplace after which Lomror smashed fifty from simply 26 balls – What a knock it has been. pic.twitter.com/sHvgnqWwRV
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 6, 2023
“As per my role, it`s rare to score 50 or big runs. My role is to go down and disrupt the opposition`s bowling. It`s a high-risk game so am not expected to play long innings. My job is to play impactful innings and cameos.”
Kohli and Lomror’s gameplan whereas batting
Asked about what was his position when Kohli was batting from the opposite finish, Lomror remarked, “When I was batting with Virat, the game plan was simple. His role was to bat deep, and my job was to score a couple of boundaries in every over. When Kuldeep Yadav was bowling, it was turning a bit.”
“It was important to put some pressure on him, so I took some risks, and it paid off. When we were batting, we were aiming for 170 because the wicket was spinning, and it was slow as well. We felt it was a good score. If our bowling was a bit tighter, this would have been a very good score.”
Bangalore`s subsequent match in IPL 2023 shall be towards Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
