It looked like another night where the famed Royal Challengers Bangalore batting line-up was set to disappoint the fans at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium as Kings XI Punjab had reduced it to 81/4 in the 9th over of its innings.
RCB’s AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis
Bangalore:
Speaking after the game, skipper Kohli once again pointed how the boys are looking to express themselves and enjoy their ride in the league as RCB has now managed to register its fourth win in the last five games.
“We won four out of the last five we played and it could have been 5 out of 5. We are just looking to enjoy our cricket. Tonight was another example of having fun. Our only focus was to play good cricket as a team, we know that we are a good side, losing six in a row hurt all of us. That big break before Mohali helped us,” he smiled.
The big factor was definitely the 121-run partnership between ABD and Stoinis and Kohli said that changed the game for the home side as it went from a challenging score to a match-winning one thanks to that partnership.
“The partnership of ABD and Stoinis changed the match for us. At one stage we thought 175 was good but AB and Marcus got us past 200. The way they played was the deciding factor,” he said.
Kohli said that the team needs to continue to keep focusing on the basics and play the way RCB is known to play and not try and do things that will put undue pressure on the players.
But what followed was mayhem as AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis took the KXIP bowling to the cleaners and RCB ended with 202 in its 20 overs. The end result was a 17-run win for Virat Kohli’s boys.
Speaking after the game, skipper Kohli once again pointed how the boys are looking to express themselves and enjoy their ride in the league as RCB has now managed to register its fourth win in the last five games.
“We won four out of the last five we played and it could have been 5 out of 5. We are just looking to enjoy our cricket. Tonight was another example of having fun. Our only focus was to play good cricket as a team, we know that we are a good side, losing six in a row hurt all of us. That big break before Mohali helped us,” he smiled.
The big factor was definitely the 121-run partnership between ABD and Stoinis and Kohli said that changed the game for the home side as it went from a challenging score to a match-winning one thanks to that partnership.
“The partnership of ABD and Stoinis changed the match for us. At one stage we thought 175 was good but AB and Marcus got us past 200. The way they played was the deciding factor,” he said.
Kohli said that the team needs to continue to keep focusing on the basics and play the way RCB is known to play and not try and do things that will put undue pressure on the players.