Virat Kohli is “doing everything that is in his control” but there comes a phase in a player’s life when even the first lead is being taken by the fielders, RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar concedes his second golden-ball duck. After said in defense of the former India captain. on Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by nine wickets After demolishing the star-studded batting line-up for just 68 runs. Kohli, who has not scored a century in any format for more than three years now, has been dismissed for a first-ball duck in successive games with a familiar pattern of getting out outside the off-stump.
“He (Kohli) is someone who has consistently performed for RCB. Players go through tough times like this. He started the season very well, scored almost winning runs in Pune but then you have a strange run-out or The first edge is when he finds his bat in the hands of the fielder,” Bangar, who has been India’s batting coach for a long time, said.
Bangar brushes aside the issue of Kohli needing a long break as former national team head coach Ravi Shastri feels he is “over-cooked”.
“He is definitely doing everything that is under his control. He is doing his fitness and skill and taking good breaks and not letting the pressure get to him. He is taking breaks at regular intervals And will continue to do so.” Bangar defended Kohli by saying that he understands that people have their own opinion as he has been such an important player for India for so long.
“If you look at the South Africa series, the 80 he scored in a Test match was a good innings,” Bangar said.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis feels that the loss of four wickets for 20 runs in the first four overs became his team’s defeat.
“The first four overs, we shouldn’t have lost that many wickets, it was a bit spicy. We still found a way to set the foundation (in the upcoming games), even if it was sacrificing a few runs. Powerplay,” Du Plessis said after the match.
“We just had to go through that phase where the ball was swinging and seaming, once you get past it, it gets easier. This wicket looked the best, the expectations were high, it was great The wicket was there. No excuse though,” du Plessis said.
Du Plessis heaped praise on South African pacer Marco Jensen and took three wickets in an over.
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“Jenson bowled well in his first over, swinging the ball from both sides and got big wickets. You want to make sure you don’t get too emotional.
“It was a bad day at the office, but you need to keep your chin up and learn from it. As a team, we need to move on, it’s a long tournament,” he said.
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