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WATCH: Virat Kohli consoles Ishan Kishan after RCB’s win against MI
By SMCS - Sep 27, 2021 10:45 am
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The second phase of the Indian Premier League in the UAE has started in a bang where Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has won the game against Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan fell one short of a century

Kohli looked quite comfortable in the middle as he smashed 51 off 42 as well. Although Devdutt Padikkal went for a duck, it was Glenn Maxwell’s day as he also smashed 56 off 37 and RCB posted a decent total of 165 on the board. While chasing, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock got off to a flying start, adding 57 runs within 7 runs.

However, after their dismissal, the middle-order failed to carry the momentum as no one could reach the double-figure and they eventually lost the game by 54 runs. Harshal Patel took 4 wickets, including a hattrick and sealed the deal for his side.

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Meanwhile, after the game, Virat Kohli was seen consoling a dejected Ishan Kishan, who once again failed to score. He could manage only 9 runs and has been going through a rough patch for quite some time now. And, the video went viral in no time.

Virat Kohli, after having won the game, said: “Very happy and especially the way we won. It was a difficult start with the loss of Devdutt [Padikkal] in the second over. The way Jasprit [Bumrah] bowled that over, totally set the game up for MI. It was important from thereon for us to stamp our presence in the game and take a little bit of risk. I got off to a good start and KS [Srikar Bharat] took the pressure off me, Maxi’s [Maxwell] innings was unbelievable as well. I thought we got par, 166 is par here, still felt like 10-15 more with the way we bowled. 8 for 30 was unbelievable against such a strong batting lineup.”

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“You have to get into the bowler’s space every now and then, especially when you are up against world-class performers like Bumrah, you have to be at our level best. Tonight I don’t think there’s no complaints whatsoever, I will give it a 10 especially on the field. Maybe in batting I will give it 8, we should’ve got 20-25 more – really put the opposition under pressure and not allow them to come back after a breakthrough. I had a chat with AB and Maxi, they told me to go with my gut feel. My gut feel said DC [Christian] is an experienced campaigner, he still has got a slower bouncer in there which could be a wicket-taking option. Chahal was bowling really well but I felt there wasn’t enough in the pitch to stop them at that stage. They definitely would’ve gone after Chahal [talking about Hardik and Pollard]. I went with DC – he bowled an amazing over, completely shut the game down and what Harshal did from the other end was unbelievable,” he concluded.