Royal Challengers Bangalore keep their spirits up and hopes high as they win another match in IPL 2024. The team has had tough luck this season, but has rekindled the fiery spirits of the old times.
RCB has won the second match against Gujarat Titans, this time at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The toss came out in favor of RCB, and captain Faf decided to bowl first.
With this, even though RCB has very slim chances of making it to the playoffs, the odds aren’t completely against them. It will be interesting to see how the team fares in its next matches.
RCB has now shifted to number 7 on the points table, instead of their previous spot at number 10. RCB’s Mohammed Siraj became the Player Of The Match.
“Been good with the batting and bowling, unbelievable at the field” says Faf
In his post-match interview, Faf du Plessis made sure to address the audience and speak about the game today.
The captain also stressed that RCB team focuses on the efforts made by the players, instead of the results. He further praised the team for going in the right direction for bowling, batting and fielding.
“We’ve been really good in the last few games, with both bat and ball. We’ve been unbelievable in the field as well. The wicket was a bit different, there was a bit more bounce. Wanted to make sure we take that information from the pitch and give it to the bowlers. Yes there was a dropped catch but it’s the effort that we look for and that was there throughout.” He said.
Du Plessis talks about high scoring matches
In the same statement, Faf du Plessis added how the previous games for the team at Chinnaswamy have shown up to be high run scoring matches. He emphasized that it was important for the team to not look at the scoreboard in order to not get over confident.
“The games we’ve played here have all been high-scoring, anything around 180-190 would’ve been par. Was important we didn’t look at the scoreboard when we went out to bat and try and play the way we play. Was a bit nervous.” said Faf
Speaking about the Net Run Rate for RCB, he accepted that the team had to calm down a little, especially after they had lost 4 wickets.
“Probably not the best assessment from us there. Yes we wanted to go out there and get the total quickly to boost the NRR but probably when we were 4 down, we had to calm down a little bit.” He added.
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