IPL 2021: Virat Kohli ‘proud’ of RCB after win against SRH at Chepauk

Royal Challengers Bangalore eked out a six-run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Thursday. With this, they registered their second successive victory of the league. It was the 17th over of the SRH innings when RCB’s Shahbaz Ahmed struck twice to get his team back in the game, and eventually win the tie.

Talking about the sensational victory, captain Virat Kohli, during the post-match ceremony, said that he is ‘proud’ of the team.

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“It was a top game for us, the wicket is going to get challenging, we saw that yesterday. You are never really out of the game in these conditions. We have more bowling options and those extra bowling options made those impact performances in the middle overs. I told the guys don’t think that we struggled to get to 149. I believed we could win with 150. If it was tough for us, it will be tough for them as well,” Kohli said.

“Chasing under pressure and you lose wickets, the game can swing anywhere. The wicket was never a belter and our execution under pressure was spot on. It kept getting tougher and tougher with the old ball,” Kohli added.

Glenn Maxwell top-scored with 59 – his first IPL fifty since 2016 – in Bangalore’s 149-8 after being put in to bat.

“I think Maxi’s innings was the difference for us,” the right-handed batsman added.

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Even though RCB registered back-to-back victories, Kohli said that they are not over-excited with wins this season.

“We have clarity of plans. We traded Harshal from Delhi, gave him a specific role and he’s doing an outstanding job for us. We are taking one game at a time, we are enjoying playing with each other,” the RCB captain said.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore will face the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their next IPL match on April 18.