After losing to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf Du Plessis said the first-innings wicket was The speed is two speed, causing players to struggle a bit with their shots. Riding on a brilliant batting performance, Kolkata Knight Riders became the first team to win away from home in this IPL with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.
Speaking after the match, Fife said: “In the first innings we thought the wickets were coming at a really good pace and you could see when the guys were bowling the chip shots in behind they were really struggling. We thought It was a good score knowing it was going to get a little bit easier in the evening, with a little bit of dew coming in. Look at the way we batted in the first innings, even with the guys there, Virat struggled to bat just because of the lack Rhythm, and there are two rhythms on the court.”
On whether the team could have done things differently in the powerplay with the ball, the skipper said: “You always know after the game and we can say maybe try one or two things, but both of them (Sunil The way Narine and Phil Salt were) were batting, the batting was really good there and they put pressure on our bowlers. They played strong cricket and almost took the game away .With Narine there, you can’t go for spin, you want to use pace up front. It was also a very good game for Salter and the way he played. They were very good and in the first six overs Really broke the game.”
Fife said the team tried to opt for spin with all-rounder Glenn Maxwell but there was not much spin on the ground during the game.
“We tried the Maxi’s spin option, and the finger spinner seemed to work well here, but there wasn’t much spin at night,” he said.
Talking about medium pacer Vijaykumar Vyshak, Faf said he bowled well but did not give RCB many chances.
“We looked at it in the first innings and thought about bringing in Karn Sharma (spinner). But we felt that someone who can bowl really good off-speed balls is probably the toughest pitch to face on this pitch Hands. Dre Russ probably pitched 80 “a few percent of his pitches were cut balls. We learned some lessons from it and he was the best bowler on the night,” he concluded.
After KKR won, they chose to field. After losing captain Faf early, Virat Kohli combined with Cameron Green for 65 runs (33 off 21 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) and with Glenn Maxwell Glenn Maxwell had a 42-run partnership (28 off 19 balls, including 3 fours and a six). six). Virat scored 83 runs in 59 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes and was matched in 20 overs with Dinesh Karthik (20* in 8 balls with 3 six balls) together improved RCB’s record to 182/6.
Andre Russell (2/29) and Harshit Rana (2/39) are the bowlers for KKR.
In the run-chase, Phil Salt (30 off 20 balls including 2 fours and 2 sixes) and Sunil Narine (22 balls Scored 47 runs (including 2 fours and 5 sixes) with a quick score of 86 to help KKR get off to a good start. 39 balls. After Vyshak and Mayank Dagar (1/23 each) dismissed the openers, Venkatesh Iyer (50 off 30 balls, including 3 fours and 4 sixes) and captain Shreyas Iyer (39 off 24 balls, including 2 sixes) Four balls and two sixes) guided KKR to a 7-wicket victory with 19 balls remaining.
Sunil won the Man of the Match award in his 500th match with 47 wickets and 1 wicket.
RCB is ranked sixth in the table with 1 win and 2 losses. They only have two points. KKR are in second place with four points from two matches and two wins.
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