Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis has lavished reward on teammate Dinesh Karthik, saying his calm manner is near what Mahendra Singh Dhoni shows within the ultimate overs of the sport.
Karthik clobbered a six and a 4 within the first two deliveries of the final over to take RCB dwelling after they had been in a spot of trouble chasing a tough goal of 129 towards Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday evening.
“DK’s experience helped in the end, cool-calm, runs weren’t never really too far away. He’s probably as cool as MS Dhoni can get in the last five overs,” mentioned RCB captain Faf du Plessis, who has performed with Dhoni at CSK, within the post-match presentation.
Seamers Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj had shared three wickets within the powerplays to depart KKR at 44 for 3 and Wanindu Hasaranga then snapped 4 to bowl them out for 128 in 18.5 overs.
Chasing the goal, RCB batters needed to overcome some anxious moments as they huffed and puffed to a three-wicket win with 4 balls to spare in the long run. “Good win, obviously chasing small scores, you want to be positive and not leave it late, but it was good bowling from their seamers. Tonight there was seam and bounce, the first night it swung a bit more,” mentioned du Plessis, who was named captain forward of the IPL this 12 months.
RCB had misplaced their opener towards Punjab Kings on the similar venue regardless of posting a difficult 205 for two.
“Two-three days ago, it was 200 vs 200. Tonight it was 120 vs 120, pretty good. In an ideal world, we would’ve liked to have won more convincingly but a win is a win.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
