DUBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain virat Kohli had no qualms about taking the blame for dropping Kings XI Punjab Pattern KL Rahul twice, contributing significantly to his 97-race loss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Thursday.
KXIP vs. RCB: FULL SCORE CARD
Kohli felt that if he hadn’t dropped Rahul, who remained undefeated at 132, twice KXIP would not have been able to pass the 200-run mark.
“I have to stand up front and take the worst of it, not the best day at the office, a couple of big opportunities from KL when I was ready and that cost us 35-40 runs at a later stage. Maybe if we restrict them to 180, we wouldn’t have been under pressure from the first chase ball, “Kohli said in the post-match presentation.
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KXIP posted 206 for three and RCB included 109 in 17 overs.
“We know exactly where we went wrong and I have to raise my hand and say they missed a couple of big opportunities. There are days when this kind of thing happens in the Cricket field, they happen and we have to accept them.
KXIP vs. RCB: FULL SCORE CARD
Kohli felt that if he hadn’t dropped Rahul, who remained undefeated at 132, twice KXIP would not have been able to pass the 200-run mark.
“I have to stand up front and take the worst of it, not the best day at the office, a couple of big opportunities from KL when I was ready and that cost us 35-40 runs at a later stage. Maybe if we restrict them to 180, we wouldn’t have been under pressure from the first chase ball, “Kohli said in the post-match presentation.
TABLE OF POINTS
KXIP posted 206 for three and RCB included 109 in 17 overs.
“We know exactly where we went wrong and I have to raise my hand and say they missed a couple of big opportunities. There are days when this kind of thing happens in the Cricket field, they happen and we have to accept them.
“We had a good game (against Sunrisers Hyderabad), we had a bad game and now is the time to move on and learn from the mistakes we made,” Kohli said.
Sending young Josh Philippe ahead of himself at No. 3, Kohli said: “He’s batted at the top of the standings for Western Australia and he’s done well in the BBL too. The early days of the tournament so we thought that we will max out his skill and see how we go from there. We thought we’d give ourselves a bit of depth in the middle (sending Philippe to order). ”
The Australian wicketkeeper-batsman had batted in the middle order in RCB’s first game against Sunrisers.
On September 28, the RCB will play here against the defending champions of the Mumbai Indians.
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