Royal Challenger Bangalore
captain, Virat Kohli, blamed his batsmen for not doing well against Deccan
Chargers in their last group match that was played at the Rajiv Gandhi
International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. They lost the match by 9 runs to their opponent.
With this defeat, they
also lost their hope
of qualifying for the IPL play-offs. If they could win the match, they had
the highest possibility to be one of the four teams in the qualifier round.
As it was closely
contested match and RCB lost the match for just few runs that is why, Virat
Kohli is very upset. RCB bowlers restricted the opponent team to a modest total
of 132 for 7 in 20 overs.
Jean-Paul Duminy played an
aggressive innings of 53-ball 74 which helped Deccan Chargers to make
competitive score in a bowling friendly pitch.
Zaheer Khan took two
wickets while Vinay Kumar claimed three wickets. Another wicket was taken by Prasanth
Parameswaran.
In reply, RCB scored 123
for 9 in their allotted over. It seems that the wicket of Kohli decided the
match result. He scored 42 from 40 balls including two boundaries and two
sixes.
However, all the credit
should go to Chargers bowler Dale Steyn who picked 3 wickets for 8 in 4 overs. For
his performance he was given man of the match award.
Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara is
happy that his team ended the season with a victory at home.
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