Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pace bowler Akash Deep admitted that bowling short balls is his strength. He also revealed that he was confident of utilizing his skills quite well against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as they won the match on Wednesday. Notably, he was one of the star players for RCB with the ball, picking up three wickets for 45 runs, including Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana.
In the post-match press conference, he said: “Bowling short balls is my strength. In the first match, I was under pressure and, when I analyzed my bowling, I realized that I was not able to executive the deliveries properly. But it is my strength and I kept my faith in it. I have been doing the same for all these days, so I have belief in my strengths.”
While talking about his performance, he stated that it was important to get early wickets with the new ball and shared his satisfaction as he was able to step up.
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Akash Deep added: “There was some help from the wicket. I was following the other games and realized it was important to pick wickets with the new ball because the bowlers are getting assistance at the start. My target was thus to claim a couple of wickets with the new ball. So I stuck to my plan, got some help from the surface and was able to pick up wickets for my team.”
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Apart from picking up two key wickets at the top, Akash Deep also returned at the death to remove Umesh Yadav (18) and end the last-wicket stand of 27 as well. He alo opined on Dinesh Karthik’s move as he was the one who sealed the deal for RCB while batting at No. 7. He emained unbeaten on 14 off 7 and slammed a six and a four off Andre Russell in the last over to win the game as well.
“We knew that Dinesh bhai (Karthik) is the best finisher in our team, so it was better to hold him back. Yes, that was the plan. The game was moving along and we were going at a run-a-ball. We saved Karthik because we knew that even if we needed 20 in the last two overs, he could do it. And we were backing him for the same,” Akash Deep concluded.
