AB de Villiers cut a confident figure ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s second match of Indian Premier League 2021 . In an interview ...
AB de Villiers cut a confident figure ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s second match of Indian Premier League 2021. In an interview posted on RCB’s YouTube channel, he touched upon Sunrisers Hyderabad’s strengths but also made an interesting point about what he reckoned was their weakness.
“You can get hold of them, which we’ve done before,” said de Villiers. “Once you get on top of them, they’re a kind of team you can really dominate. They don’t have as much depth as some of the teams in the IPL.”
De Villiers was surprisingly candid but he stood vindicated when RCB pulled off a dramatic win over SRH on Wednesday. The Sunrisers were going strong but as ABD pointed out before the match, the lack of depth in their lineup allowed them to get dominated from a winning position.
For the second night in a row, the team batting second suffered a dramatic collapse at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After Kolkata Knight Riders’ bizarre loss to Mumbai Indians, it was SRH’s turn to steal defeat from the jaws of victory.
David Warner and Co were well and truly on top chasing 150 at the Chepauk. In 13.1 overs, they got to 96/1 with captain Warner and Manish Pandey well set at the crease. They needed...