Therefore, RCB lost openers Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal early in their chase for 165, but Bharat, with the support of AB de Villiers. And later Glenn Maxwell helped chase the goal down on the final ball of the match.
With Bharat on strike, RCB needed six runs off the penultimate ball, but Avesh Khan hit it wide down the leg side. Despite this, Bharat needed to score a six to win the game on the extra ball, whilst a boundary would have sent the game to a Super Over.
Avesh delivered a full ball on the middle, and Bharat blasted it straight back over the bowler, clearing the fence and sailing away.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Avesh delivered a full delivery on middle, which Bharat smashed straight back over the bowler, clearing the fence and securing a tremendous win ahead of their Eliminator versus Kolkata Knight Riders.
Bharat had the in-form Maxwell on the non-end, striker’s but he said the destructive Australian trusted him to do the task, which gave him a lot of confidence.
“In the last over, me and Maxi, we were talking to each other with regard to what are the areas we can access, and he was like ‘okay, just watch the ball and get bat on the ball.’ And that is exactly what we were doing. The last three balls, I asked him whether to run, and he said no, you go ahead, you can finish it off. That gave me a lot of confidence. And then I was just focused on one ball that was coming next. So I kept it simple, and as a team, we did very well, and we pulled it off.” he said
After the openers were dismissed early, Bharat spoke about how he and AB de Villiers, who was elevated to no. 4 on Friday, approached the innings.
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