Following his aspect’s loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Faf Du Plessis lauded the batters for not giving up throughout a troublesome chase of 288 runs however stated that bowlers giving 30-40 additional runs proved pricey for the crew. A combating half-century by Dinesh Karthik and an explosive powerplay partnership between skipper Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli went in useless as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) couldn’t chase the 288-run goal set by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), restricted to 262/7 of their run-chase at Bengaluru on Monday.
Speaking after the match, Faf stated through the post-match presentation, “Much better (batting performance) from us; that was a proper T20 wicket. I just tried to get close in the end, but 280 was very far. It is tough. We tried a few things; we tried different things. There is no way to hide when your confidence is low. The fast bowlers found it quite difficult out there. Similar to the batting perspective, we need to work on a few areas. We need to make sure the run rate does not go down after the powerplay.”
“The guys put up their hands and never gave up (in the run chase). It was good to see the fight. Thirty to forty runs from the bowling perspective were a bit too much. It’s important to go away and freshen your mind; it’s such a mental game. Sometimes you feel like your mind is going to explode. When you get back to the contest, you have to give your full commitment,” he added.
Coming to the match, RCB put SRH to bat first after profitable the toss. A 108-run partnership got here between Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma (34 in 22 balls, with two fours and two sixes). Klaasen (66 in 31 balls, with two fours and 7 sixes) had a 57-run partnership with Head for the second wicket and a 66-run partnership with Aiden Markram (32* in 17 balls, with two fours and two sixes). Later, a quickfire cameo by Abdul Samad (37* in 10 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes) took SRH to 287/3 of their 20 overs.
Lockie Ferguson was the choose of the bowlers for RCB, with 2/52 in 4 overs.
In the run chase, Virat Kohli (42 in 20 balls, with six fours and two sixes) and skipper Faf Du Plessis (62 in 28 balls, with seven fours and 4 sixes) put up an admirable 80-run partnership inside the powerplay, unfazed by the scoring price and goal.
But an excellent spell from skipper Cummins (3/43) and Mayank Markande (2/46) diminished RCB to 122/5. Despite that, Dinesh Karthik (83 in 35 balls, with 5 fours and 7 sixes) and Anuj Rawat (25* in 14 balls with 5 fours) put up a struggle however fell wanting 25 runs, ending at 262/7.
With this loss, RCB is on the backside of the desk, with only one win in seven overs. They have simply two factors. SRH now has 4 wins and two losses, with eight factors. They are within the fourth spot.Â
