Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a sensational Super Over win over Delhi Daredevils after their last ball loss to Chennai Super Kings. Ravi Rampaul bowled magnificently in the Super Over as he grabbed two wickets that set the victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore. With this win, Virat Kohli was a relieved man, but lamented that they lacked common sense.
“To be honest, we have not been defeated in the tournament till now. We lost due to our own mistakes. I’m really happy with the way we won the Super Over but we didn’t deserve to be in that position. We lacked common sense in the death overs, which cost us the last game as well,” pointed out Kohli. “We have to pull up our socks if we want to go all the way in this tournament. It gets tougher and tougher as we go ahead.”
He also said that the team is performing well, but silly errors must be eliminated. “The games where we played well in the 18th and 19th overs, we have gone on to win convincingly, and when we didn’t, we lost in a Super Over and a last ball finish,” said Kohli, adding that ‘smart cricket’ could have helped the team beat Delhi without the need of a Super Over on Tuesday. “Even after I got out, two edges for fours to third man would have done it. Ravi Rampaul hit that six over cover, so we could have still won.”
When asked about his dismissal at an important time with 15 runs needed off 8 balls, he said “I was annoyed when I got out because I was the set batsman but I wasn’t getting enough strike. But that’s where we lacked common sense. If I’d got six-seven balls on the trot, I could have gone for it and got the right result.”
Virat was desperate to have Ravi Rampaul in the side as he could be handy with the bat down the order. “I specifically told the management that I wanted Ravi in the side because he can be handy with the bat too. If he hadn’t hit the six over cover, we would have lost the game,” said Kohli. “With the ball too, he has been brilliant. He can bowl with pace and put in the odd bouncer too.”
When asked about Muralitharan’s absence in the game against Delhi Daredevils, he said “Murali sir is a great asset for any team and even on his worst day, he will give you 26-27 runs in his four overs. We have to see what kind of combination works for us. He might not fit in. We played Syed Mohammad over Kartik because of his batting and his fielding. Kartik is our best Indian spinner by far. But Syed did the job for us with 13 runs from two overs.”
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