Former Britain batsman Kevin Pietersen said not at all like in their final game, RCB were in a great position against MS Dhoni’s side. In spite of the astounding begin captain Kohli and Padikkal gave the team, RCB failed to drive their group home.
The 41-year-lold expressed that Royal Challengers Bangalore has some big issues at the minute. Pieterson feels they got to look for a fast solution in arrange to kick begin their second half of the Indian Premier League 2021.
The Virat Kohli-led side misplaced to current table-toppers Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in Sharjah on Friday. The vanquish came after their 9-wicket pounding by KKR in Abu Dhabi.
Whereas talking at the post-match appear on Star Sports, Pietersen censured Bangalore’s dismal performances.
“You can gain momentum through winning, and then you can gain momentum through losing as well. If you are going to get hammered like they were against KKR, and now you are going to lose a game from being in a very good position, then there is a problem. They were 111 for no loss but lost the game, that’s an issue.” he said
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However, After winning the toss, MS Dhoni put RCB to bat within the first innings. Both RCB openers Virat Kohli and Padikkal got off to a flyer and struck 53 and 70, individually.
CSK managed to drag the game back and picked up wickets at customary interims before limiting the restriction to 156 for six. Bangalore was as it were able to score 45 runs in their last 6.4 overs.
Whereas Bravo and Thakur were the picks of the bowlers with five wickets among them, spinner Ravinder Jadeja completed his four overs with a noteworthy economy of 7.8, which moderated the pace of the game in favor of his side.
Therefore, The former cricketer-turned commentator feels that Kohli and RCB can’t be dependent on Chahal alone to be the savior each time with the ball.
The CSK openers begun their chase of 157 runs briskly. Spilling 68 runs interior eight overs, RCB’s quick bowlers were incapable to urge the breakthrough Kohli needed. Kohli promptly brought Chahal into the attack and he delivered Gaikwad’s wicket.
“There are bowling issues too. We keep saying it, who is the bowler (who is going to get wickets. Chahal can’t continue to do it. I know he gets wickets, he gets wickets for RCB but you cannot tell him that you’ve got to do it every match. Somebody else has to stand up. One of the seamers have to stand up.” he said
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