In IPL 2024, the match was played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, RCB team had to face defeat by 6 wickets even after Virat Kohli’s century. After the defeat in the match, former RCB captain Virat Kohli looked quite disappointed. Virat Kohli has scored 113 runs in 72 balls in this match. Virat Kohli is being considered responsible for the defeat in this match. Actually fans say that Virat Kohli scored a century, but his innings was very slow. Team captain Faf du Plessis also looked disappointed after the defeat. In such a situation, he gave a big statement after the defeat and told where his team went wrong.
What did Faf du Plessis say?
After the defeat against Rajasthan Royals, Faf du Plessis said that I think we found the wicket difficult in the first innings. I thought 190 was a good score, I think we could have added another 10-15 runs. Their spinners bowled well in the middle overs, their decision to bowl first was a good one. Batting became easier due to dew. Virat was playing well at the last end, with a player like Green coming in, you want to score maximum runs in the last overs. We tried to push as hard as we could, but it was difficult to hit against the spinners. It was easy to hit the fast bowlers.
Tell me where the match changed
Regarding the Jaipur pitch, Faf said that the pitch had become much better in the second innings, you could feel it, the ball was skidding well. We were excellent in the first four overs. I think Dagar’s 20 runs in the over took away the momentum and put the pressure back on us. In this match, Faf did not make Maxwell bowl. When asked about this, Faf said that the reason for not bowling to Maxwell was that all the right-handed batsmen were batting, so initially he went to the left-arm spinner. With two right-handed batsmen at the crease, he went to the left-arm spinner and later brought in leg spinner Himanshu Sharma to bowl.
He further said that there was no point in being defensive in this match, we needed wickets. When we got Jaiswal out, I didn’t feel the need to go to Maxwell. Regarding fielding, he said that his fielding was average, he has talked about it, he will work and try to improve. Don’t worry about catches, it’s about showing speed on the field.
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