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When they come off they look good.ġ9:10 Local Time, 13:40 GMT, 19:10 IST: What a performance from the RCB seamers to defend the total convincingly! RCB were really poor with the way they handled things with the bat towards the end of their innings, and how they used their impact sub. I was in a space where I felt I could hit any ball. That was a different mentality and phase altogether (T20 World Cup 2016 semis). For us to bounce back like this was very crucial. We kind of let it slip away last two games. That's how I motivate myself to play out there. I back myself to hit good balls and the best bowlers in the opposition. When I put away their best balls, they're going to try to do something else. That helps me to put pressure on the bowlers. When I've played my best cricket, those are the balls I've put away consistently (length balls on the up). We did well to get to that score and had the belief it was enough. Even the balls to hit off the back foot off Kuldeep were holding up, unlike the other games we played. It slowed down considerably when the spinners came on. One thing I mentioned to the guys in the change room that 175 was enough on this pitch. I wanted to make sure that after fifty, I was targetting 30-35 runs off the next 10 balls.

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I was quite disappointed that I got out to a full toss. When it went up in the air, I made sure there was no one close to me. RCB march on, stick around for the presentations now.Kohli, Player of the Match: It was a tricky one. Also Hasaranga who ended up going at eight an over, to build the pressure and help Harshal end as the pick of the bowlers. In the middle of all this, lest we forget David Willey coming in and bowling a spell of 1/26 at this venue. A second game in succession where they bottled a chase from a commanding position.

However, it proved to be a mountain too high for RR, as those middle overs dot balls ended up costing them. Samson had an off day and so did Hetmyer, but Dhruv Jurel kept the visitors in the hunt with a counter-attacking 34 towards the death. That slowing down possibly cost RR the game, as they didn't get a single boundary between overs 11-14, while losing both their set batters. Jaiswal too started very positively but slowed down terribly as he got close to fifty. Padikkal in particular was full of superb strokeplay, as the former RCB man attacked Vyshak Vijaykumar and Maxwell. But Devdutt Padikkal and Jaiswal batted beautifully for the first 10 overs of the innings. This innings started with Siraj knocking over Jos Buttler for a duck. Their perfect afternoon games record for the season continues. Whenever Hazlewood comes in, we might look like a different attack.ġ9:30 Local Time, 14:00 GMT, 19:30 IST: RCB scrape through to win. So massive credit to the way he has performed. He's closed out games against DC and today as well. (On Harshal Patel) He always bowls the tough overs, not easy at Chinnaswamy. He's leading the attack and hopefully Josh comes in next game. Running in with the new ball he shows that intent and the confidence, he has the Purple Cap and for good reason. (On Siraj) Phenomenal, he's got him (Buttler) out in the past and he's bowling as well as I've ever seen. We thought 160 might be enough but the way they batted helped us to 190. Maxi took the game away in just four overs. The counter-attack from Maxi and Faf was even better than the Chennai game, it was a better surface that day. However, with the impact player rule and the extra batter, games are always on.

The advantage was the ball got scuffed up. The pitch looked dry and I mentioned to the guys that they will have 10 overs under lights which is very difficult out here. Virat Kohli | RCB captain: To be honest, we had this discussion during toss.

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