Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday credited wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s three-wicket burst for his side’s 10-ru...
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday credited wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s three-wicket burst for his side’s 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL match in Dubai.
Chahal (3/18) removed in-form Englishman Jonny Bairstow (61) and Vijay Shankar in successive balls in the 16th over to tilt the game decisively in RCB’s favour. He had earlier gotten rid of Manish Pandey (34) in the 12th over.
“It’s amazing to be honest. Last year, we were on the other side of the result, 6-nil to start. It is nice to be 1-nil. We kept our composure tonight,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
“Yuzi (Chahal) comes in and completely changed the game for us. Not many spinners got much out of the pitch, but tonight he showed that you can turn it if you have it in your wrists. He showed he can get purchase on any wicket. The way he came in and bowled attacking lines, he changed the game.”
Talking about his side’s batting, Kohli said, “We started really well. Devdutt was really good on debut, Finchy as well. AB batting in the last three overs helped us push it past 160.”
Asked if he thought 163 was a good enough total to defend, he said,...
