Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was all reward for Harshal Patel’s match-winning bowling efficiency right here on Friday, terming him their designated dying bowler on this version of the IPL.
Harshal’s 5 for 27 was the rationale RCB have been in a position to limit MI to 159 for 9 within the IPL opener, which is one thing that even dropping captain Rohit Shama admitted.
“We brought Harshal in a trade from Delhi. He is relishing the responsibility and is clear with his plans. He was the difference today. He is going to be our death bowler. As a captain you want players with clarity, and he has that,” Kohli mentioned on the post-match press convention.
About AB de Villiers’ 48 off 27 balls, Kohli mentioned that the South African nonetheless intimidates the opposition.
“The opposition gets nervous about AB. We have depth in the batting which we want to utilize. AB is probably the only one in the team who is so versatile. And he does it on slow wickets what not many can do.”
MI captain Rohit would not thoughts dropping one other opening recreation so long as his workforce goes on to win the match, however admitted that they have been 20 runs brief.
“Winning the championship is important, I guess, not the first game. It was a great fight and we didn’t let it go easily. Although the score wasn’t something we were happy with. We were 20 short,” Rohit mentioned after his workforce’s ninth opening spherical loss.
“We made some mistakes, those are bound to happen. We need to move on. When you look at the situation with four overs left they had AB and Christian, that’s why we went with Bumrah and Boult to try and get them out.
“Definitely not a straightforward pitch to bat on, the odd ball was gripping,” he said.
The MI captain was all praise for de Villiers.
“De Villiers batted very well and acquired them residence. We have not had a lot time collectively as a gaggle and it was completely reverse in Dubai, the place we started preparations a month earlier than,” Rohit said.
The MI skipper didn’t want to give any excuses for the defeat.
“… But that is how the IPL has been performed over time, you simply acquired to get within the recreation as rapidly as attainable. It will be troublesome for groups which have nice residence data, however that’s what sport is, you have to go away and win. We are lucky that we’re even on the park.”
De Villiers, whose exploits won the game for RCB, was also very pleased with his effort.
“It was an unbelievable recreation of cricket, at all times appears to be towards Mumbai. We clearly got here in realizing it wasn’t going to be simple. I knew midway it was going to get powerful, it is a type of pitches that will get more durable as the sport goes on,” de Villiers mentioned.
২৪X৭ নিউজ বেঙ্গল এ সবার আগে পড়ুন ব্রেকিং নিউজ। থাকছে দৈনিক টাটকা খবর, খবরের লাইভ আপডেট। সবচেয়ে ভরসাযোগ্য বাংলা এবং ইংলিশ খবর পড়ুন ২৪X৭ নিউজ বেঙ্গল এর ওয়েবসাইটে। নিয়মিত খবরে থাকতে লাইক করুন ফেসবুকে ও ফলো করুন টুইটারে।
‘রঙ’ ছাড়া সংবাদ খুঁজে পাওয়া কঠিন। কোন খবরটা ‘খাচ্ছে’? সেটাই কি শেষ কথা? নাকি আসল সত্যিটার নাম ‘সংবাদ’! ‘ব্রেকিং’ আর প্রাইম টাইমের পিছনে দৌড়তে গিয়ে দেওয়ালে পিঠ ঠেকেছে সত্যিকারের সাংবাদিকতার। অর্থ আর চোখ রাঙানিতে হাত বাঁধা সাংবাদিকদের। কিন্তু, গণতন্ত্রের চতুর্থ স্তম্ভে ‘রঙ’ লাগানোয় বিশ্বাসী নই আমরা। আর মৃত্যুশয্যা থেকে ফিরিয়ে আনতে পারেন আপনারাই। সোশ্যালের ওয়াল জুড়ে বিনামূল্যে পাওয়া খবরে ‘ফেক’ তকমা জুড়ে যাচ্ছে না তো? আসলে পৃথিবীতে কোনও কিছুই ‘ফ্রি’ নয়। তাই, আপনার দেওয়া একটি টাকাও অক্সিজেন জোগাতে পারে। স্বতন্ত্র সাংবাদিকতার স্বার্থে আপনার স্বল্প অনুদানও মূল্যবান। পাশে থাকুন।
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