Kolkata: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batting coach Sanjay Bangar believes experienced batsmen like Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis will be able to chase down a mammoth target of 205 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinners in an Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 match. Could have exercised some restraint while chasing. Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for 123 after KKR scored 204 for seven to register a massive 81-run win.Chasing the target, Sunil Narine bowled Kohli in the fifth over of the match along with Du Plessis for the opening wicket. Broke their 44-run partnership. After this, Varun Chakraborty bowled du Plessis and pushed the Bangalore team on the backfoot. Bangar said after the match, ‘ I felt that some of our batsmen could have avoided playing big shots. We will talk to the players on this issue. T20 is a shorter format of the game and here you lose your rhythm very quickly.
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Bangar said, “Many of our batsmen were caught by the spinners and the ball hit the inside edge of their bats or passed by it. We probably made a mistake in playing the spinners under pressure. KKR’s spin trio of Narine (2/16), Chakraborty (4/15) and debutant Suyash Sharma (3/30) shared nine wickets. Bangar said that batsmen should play from the front to deal with the elusive spinners like Narine and Chakravarthy.
“You should try and play forward as much as possible. If you play even a little ‘square’ it can be risky. Playing straight is very important. We can learn from this. Shardul Thakur, however, one-sided the match with his performance.
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