In a cricket match, more often than not a captain plays a role in a team winning the game, especially while defending a target. And, in the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), when Virat Kohli decided to hand the ball to left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed and it turned out to be a masterstroke. Ahmed scalped 3 wickets in the 17th over of the SRH innings, and also gave away just a single run.
It was Ahmed who turned the fortunes of the match in favor of the RCB. And now, Simon Katich has revealed that it was Virat Kohli’s gut feeling that prompted the RCB side to give the ball to Ahmed. Katich concluded by stating that Kohli deserves a lot of credit for taking this decision and going by his instincts.
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You can see what Katich has told in the tweet below:
Game Day:Bowlers set up remarkable win for RCB
Maxwell‘s brilliant knock gave us a defendable total, & Shahbaz’s heroics along with Harshal’s death bowling skills helped us close out Sunrisers Hyderabad & make it 2 wins in 2 this #IPL2021.#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/q9TcTjdVlg
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 15, 2021
And, with the victory over the David Warner-led SRH, RCB has now reached the numero uno position at the IPL 2021 points table. The Virat Kohli-led side has won both the matches that they have played in the 2021 edition of the IPL and have experienced a rousing start to their campaign.
Glenn Maxwell was the star performer for the RCB side with the bat during the game against SRH. The Australian batting powerhouse scored a 41-ball 59 to power the RCB to reach a defendable score of 149/8 in their allotted 20 overs. On a pitch where the ball was not coming onto the bat, Maxwell played a classic knock.
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RCB skipper Virat Kohli also played a crucial 33 at the top of the order. In reply, even though SRH skipper David Warner played a decent knock of 54 at a strike rate of 145.94, the ‘Orange Army’ fell short of the target by 6 runs.
The Bangalore outfit will play their next match of the 14th IPL edition on 18th April 2021 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
