dharamshala [India], : After hitting a match-winning knock of 92 in his team’s 60-run win over Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Virat Kohli said he Looking to take more risks with his batting and take tough sweeps more often than he did against spinners in the past. He also said the quality of his game and batting is more important than his runs at this stage of his career.
Rilee Rossouw’s brilliant half-century went in vain as the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers posted a 60-run victory over Kings XI Punjab for 181 in Dharamshala on Thursday.
Speaking after the match, Virat said: “Quality is still over quantity. Even more so at this stage of my career. Understanding your game over the years allows you to practice while staying fresh. And still be committed. I showed the spinners the game you want to get better and I knew I could hit it, like I’ve done in the past, and I knew I needed a little more belief to take it off ‘if I go out there. What to do?’
“I’m trying to keep up with my and the team’s shooting. The only way to get into the tournament is to be honest with yourself. We went through those losses and we just had honest conversations. We need to keep our socks up and we want to be there for We fight for our pride but we cannot play in such a way and let our fans down we have to rely on several other factors,” he added.
Coming to the game, PBKS chose to start after winning the toss. After the early dismissal of skipper Faf Du Plessis and Will Jacks, Virat and Rajat Patidar steadied the ship with 76 runs to maintain a high strike rate for RCB. Then, a beautiful knock from Cameron Green and his 92-run stand with Virat improved RCB’s winning percentage to 241/7 in 20 overs.
Harshal Patel is the bowler for PBKS. Vidwath Kaverappa also performed well on debut.
In the chase of 242 runs, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh and Jonny Bairstow looked dangerous but lost wickets at crucial stages.
The rest of the batsmen could not really put up a fight and lost the match by 60 runs while PBKS were bowled out for 181 runs.
Mohammed Siraj was RCB’s top bowler with figures of 3/43. Karn Sharma, Rocky Ferguson and Swapnil Singh also took two wickets. Virat won the Man of the Match award.
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