Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on
Wednesday broke their three-match losing streak with a 13-run victory over
defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Maharashtra Cricket
Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune.
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RCB now have six wins and five defeats
in 11 matches. The players are also pleased with this much-needed win. The
victory definitely eased their tension and the atmosphere in
the dressing room was electrifying.
Following the win, in a video shared by
RCB’s official YouTube page, players can be seen sharing their views on the
match.
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Glenn Maxwell, who was run out on 3 off
3 balls, was captured on the screen talking to Virat Kohli and they were engaged
in friendly banter. Maxwell teased the former RCB skipper over his run-out from
the game, jokingly saying he won’t bat with the right-handed batter anymore.
For the unversed, the Aussie dasher was run out by a combining effort of Robin
Uthappa and MS Dhoni after Kohli made an unclear call for a single.
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“I just can’t bat with you. You run too
fast, you run too fast. You get ones and twos, I don’t,” Maxwell said in the
clip shared by RCB. Notably, it was Kohli who started the banter as he greeted
the Australian all-rounder as the “greatest injured player in the history of
the game.” The former Indian captain apparently lauded Maxwell for delivering a
match-winning spell despite carrying a niggle.
Maxwell removed Robin Uthappa and Ambati
Rayudu and gave away just 22 runs in his quota of four overs. “That was a good
win, so important (in the context of IPL 2022 playoff race). The greatest
injured player in the history of the game (laughs). 2/22 in four overs,” Kohli
said.
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After the match, RCB Director of Cricket
Mike Hesson heaped praise on Maxwell for taking two important wickets and
pushing CSK on the back foot. “He was exceptional, obviously, he got a bit of a
niggle. But we knew how important he was not just to the left-handers but also
to getting hit to the big side by the right-handers. He has got good control of
length, that’s important,” stated Hesson.
