http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 disappointed over his team’s batting performance – Cricket News Update
After being knocked out of the Indian Premier League’s season five, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s stand-in skipper, Virat Kohli, blamed the below par batting performance of his side as the decisive factor for their nine-run defeat suffered at the hands of Deccan Chargers, with the match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on May 20.
RCB, after opting to field first, restricted Chargers to a modest total of 132 runs. They seemed on course for a crucial victory but came unstuck against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 and eventually surrendered on 123.
Kohli remained the top scorer from his side with 42 runs, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237, who scored 7.
"I thought I could finish it off for my team. I executed the shot pretty but that went to hand. If it had gone to the gap, we could have won the game. But that's Twenty20 cricket," said the middle-order-batsman.
"Apart from small partnership between me and Saurabh Tiwary we could not build any sort of partnership. In T20 small partnerships are needed which did not happen today," added Kohli.
The 23-years-old also offered praise for Steyn, who again was the mainstay of the Chargers lineup. The South African pacer got rid of the dangerous opening duo of Chris Gayle and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379. He ended with magical figures of 3 for 8.
“He bowled amazingly well. He is always one guy against whom one needs to be cautious and target other bowlers," said Kohli before further adding that the current season is the most competitive so far.
The defeat ensured that Chennai Super Kings made it to the play-offs – getting another bite at defending their IPL crown. Both teams finished on equal number of points at the end of the qualifying round but Super Kings booked their passage, owing to a better run rate.
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