IPL 2019, Match 28: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- After So Many Setbacks the Guys Had Desire Says Virat Kohli After Maiden Victory

Apr 14, 2019 at 3:05 AM

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IPL 2019, Match 28: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- After So Many Setbacks the Guys Had Desire Says Virat Kohli After Maiden Victory

Royal Challengers Bangalore finally registered their maiden win of Vivo IPL 12 after registering an 8 wickets victory in the 28th match of the tournament against the Kings XI Punjab at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. It was for the very first time in the tournament that Bangalore held their nerves and sealed the deal. The knocks of skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers proved to be the difference for Bangalore as they won their first game of IPL 12.

After batting first, Kings XI Punjab got off to a great start, courtesy openers Chris Gayle and KL Rahul. Gayle looked in ominous touch and shared a 66 runs stand with Rahul before the latter’s dismissal. The southpaw continued his big hitting prowess and kept smashing the Bangalore bowler all around the park. However, the batters at the other end were pretty dodgy and failed to rotate the strike and hit the big shots.

Eventually, Chris Gayle was left stranded on 99 when the allotted 20 overs for Punjab were completed. The southpaw smashed a huge six off Mohammed Siraj and added a four in the last ball but he had to miss his 7th IPL century by just a whisker. His knock was studded with 10 fours and 5 sixes. Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the RCB bowlers bagging two wickets for 33 runs.

Bangalore began quite brilliantly with the opening pair Virat Kohli looking in ominous touch. Kohli, in particular, played some delightful shots to get going and looked in great touch. Kohli scored a magnificent 67 which included 8 fours. His scoring rate came down the bt towards the later stages but his knock at that stage certainly proved to a be a difference for Bangalore.

Despite Kohli’s dismissal, AB de Villiers kept the tempo up with some extraordinary shots. He struck an amazing shot in the penultimate over of Mohammed Shami to literally seal the deal for Bangalore. In the final over which was surprisingly handed over to Sarfaraz Khan, Marcus Stoinis struck a couple of good blows to hand RCB their first victory of the season.

Now here is what winning skipper Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation

The most pleasing thing is coming for an interview at this time, and not immediately out of the field. Great feeling to get across the line. Have been unlucky in a couple of games. Won’t say we’ve been unlucky in every game, but a couple of games we should’ve closed out before this. After so many setbacks, the guys had desire. That’s one word we spoke about. We thought 190 will be par and to restrict them to 170 was a great effort. To pick up 4 wickets in 8 overs in the middle for 60 runs was an outstanding effort. We knew Chris was going to bat deep. So many opportunities to get dot balls. We knew if we bowled decently to him, we might restrict them.

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