Nerves, hesitations, good shots landing with the fielders: Virat Kohli talks about the “strange” IPL phase | Cricket news

ABU DHABI: A little nervous, a little hesitant and almost all good shots go straight to the fielder. Royal Challengers Bangalore Pattern virat Kohli He listed multiple reasons for a “weird phase” in the IPL for his team that ended with a defeat in the Eliminator.
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RCB lost by six plots to a resolved Hyderabad sunrises after posting a modest 132 on the board despite a batting lineup in the Eliminator on Friday.
“Maybe a little nervous, maybe a little hesitation, we need to be more expressive with the bat. We did not put enough pressure on their bowlers. We didn’t have any phase in the game where we moved away from the opposition,” Kohli rolled.

Kohli admitted that it has been “a strange phase in the last 4-5 games” of the league stage. His team made the playoffs despite losing four games in a row.
“In the last 2-3 games we’ve hit the fielders directly, a lot of good shots at the fielders,” he said.
On Friday, Kane Williamson scored half a century to ruin RCB’s chances after Devdutt Padikkal knocked him down on the edge on a difficult attempt when SRH needed 28 of 2.4 overs.
SRH will now play Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2 on Sunday for a place in the final while RCB was eliminated.
“It’s a margin game and if Kane (Williamson) was brought there, then it’s a different game,” Kohli said in the post-game presentation.

“If you talk about the first inning, I don’t think we had enough runs on the board. We did an incredible game in the second half, the positions that we got into in the second half,” he added.
Kohli said his side only allowed SRH bowlers to play in the areas they wanted.
“Altogether they put us under a lot of pressure in the first innings. Few soft firings, few lucky ones for them too and we just didn’t have enough runs on the board.

Speaking of the positive aspects of the tournament, he said: “A couple of people have stood up, Devdutt (Padikkal) is one of them, he took a big step forward and getting more than 400 runs is not easy. He has played with a lot of class. and efficiency for the team, very happy for him.
“(Mohammed) Siraj has made a good comeback. Yuzi (Chahal) has been solid as always, AB (de Villiers) has been solid as always. The others contributed, but not enough.”
Kohli said that having no home and away games has made this IPL one of the most competitive in history.
“That also tells you the strength of the teams in the IPL, no team is a favorite as such and each team has strong players. One of the other reasons is to play in only three venues and there is no home-away advantage.
“Similar conditions for everyone and that is the reason why this has been one of the competitive IPLs this year,” he said.
He later tweeted to say that the costumes are in a good mood and that he is proud of the effort.
“Together through the ups and downs. It has been a great journey for us as a unit. Yes, things did not go our way, but we are proud of the whole group,” he said in a post in which a picture of the entire group is also shown. the RCB template.
Captain of the sunrises David warner He also spoke of nerves, but praised the determination shown by his side.
“My nails are fine at the moment. They (Natarajan and Rashid) have had a huge impact on us. We like to throw Sandy (Sandeep Sharma) and (Jason) Holder five overs on top. Then we try to throw Rashid and Natarajan in the middle over.
“Rashid has a lot of pressure on him to act. Kudos to Natarajan. Kane is our banker. He manages to stay there and plays the pressure innings. I’m running out of superlatives for these two guys (Rashid and Kane),” he added. he said.
Noting that RCB has world-class hitters in its lineup, Warner said: “You knew wicket had something. The guys played fantastically well in the middle.
“It’s too early to tell. Obviously we have Delhi to play with. We’ve been talking about their world-class bowling team. But I’m excited.”