It was a disappointing outing for Royal Challengers Bangalore because the Faf Du Plessis-led aspect was defeated comprehensively by Kolkata Knight Riders of their IPL 2024 match on Friday. Virat Kohli seemed in great kind as he slammed his second consecutive half-century of the competitors however it was not sufficient. The bowling efficiency was not up to speed because the quick bowlers had been taken to the cleaners by Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer who clinched the match for his or her aspect. Former England skipper Michael Vaughan had a harrowing verdict on RCB following their second lack of IPL 2024.
“Impossible for @RCBTweets to win the IPL with this bowling attack,” he posted on X (previously Twitter).
Inconceivable for @RCBTweets to win the IPL with this bowling assault .. #OnOn #IPL2024live
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 29, 2024
Three matches may be too small a pattern measurement to kind an opinion however going by the shortage of selection that has been on present in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s bowling assault, they could simply be watching a protracted, tiring IPL season this 12 months.
The match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday supplied the newest and the most important footprint of this specific weak spot because the RCB bowlers didn’t test a set of free-hitting batters whereas defending 183.
The instant defence will probably be to mission the presence of dew and an improved M Chinnaswamy pitch in the course of the second innings. However a deep dive will give a distinct image.
Defending a complete, even a aggressive one like 183, calls for a good starting, nevertheless, the RCB bowlers had been profligate.
Mohammed Siraj’s size ball was walloped over mid-wicket for a six by Phil Salt, and the Englishman was served with two extra juicy choices on the fifth stump which had been carted for a six and 4 every. The primary over produced 18 runs.
Alzarri Joseph was launched within the third over. However the pacer gave Sunil Narine a size ball on leg-stump which was dispatched for a six over long-on and two balls later a short-pitched supply was despatched in the identical route for a most.
These are the balls that will probably be punished at this stage — dew or no dew, whether or not it’s simple pitch or robust pitch.
There was an exception in Vysakh Vijayakumar who used knuckle balls and pace-off deliveries to good impact to return with wonderful figures of 1/23, however the extra skilled names had been reluctant to usher in these variations – no less than constantly.
“The second innings was slightly better to bat because the ball came on to the bat a bit quicker because of the dew. I was trying to use hard-length balls and short balls banged into the pitch to contain batters,” Vijaykumar stated within the post-match press convention.
“But it was still gripping from both the ends. We did try to mix it up but they (KKR batters) got away with it.” There’s some fact in his phrases. The stats present that KKR bowlers used 22 balls beneath 120 kmph and conceded simply 20 runs off them to select up three wickets.
In the meantime, the RCB bowlers bowled 19 balls beneath 120 kmph, however gave away 40 runs and will bag solely a wicket.
(With PTI inputs)
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