Chahal excited to play in World Cup\, but says focus is still on IPL

Chahal excited to play in World Cup, but says focus is still on IPL

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

is excited to play his maiden but insisted that the focus is very much on bringing the Royal Challengers Bangalore's dismal Indian Leage campaign back on track.

was expectedly named in the 15-member squad that will board the England-bound flight to take part in the marquee event which begins from May 30.

"is after one month and still I'm playing for the RCB, so I'm just looking towards the next seven matches," the leg-spinner said at the post-match press conference.

"It is my first World Cup, I'm very excited for that. Everyone wants to represent the country in the World Cup, so I'm excited," the 28-year-old said.

Chahal, who returned with figures of 2-27 last night, has so far grabbed 72 wickets from 41 ODI games for

He credited his teammate and MI all rounder Hardik Pandya for taking the game away from his side

Pandya's blazing, unbeaten 37 (in 16 balls) helped Indians complete a five-wicket win over RCB at the

"The pitch was offering turn and it wasn't easy to score against the spinners. We bowled well till the 18th over (barring a) couple of bad overs in the Powerplay and still there were two overs and 24 runs (actually 22) left (for to chase). We had a chance on this track but Hardik did well," said

He was responding to a specific query whether were successful in their plan of attacking pacers

He however refused to blame any particular individual for the loss saying it's a team game.

"You can't blame a particular bowler. A medium pacer or a spinner not bowling good, it is (still) a team game. If we lose the game, I accept that (as a bowler)," he signed off.

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First Published: Tue, April 16 2019. 09:55 IST