RCB captain Faf after the loss to KKR, “The wicket was two-paced, our batsmen struggled..”

With a brilliant batting performance, Kolkata Knight Riders became the first team to win away from home in this IPL after a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.

Speaking at the post-match presentation, Faf said, “In the first innings, we thought the wicket was very two-paced, you could see when people bowled the cutters, behind a length, people really bowled. Struggled. We thought it was a good score, knowing it gets a little easier in the evening, there was a little dew. Looking at the way we batted in the first innings, even if you have a “Virat was struggling to hit the ball because there was a lack of pace and the surface was two-paced.”

Asked if the team could have done different things with the ball in the powerplay, the skipper said, “You can always know after the game, we can say maybe try one or two things but the way two of them. (Sunil Narine and Phil Salt) were hitting the ball, some guys there batted really well, they put pressure on our bowlers. He hit strong cricket shots, and took away the game to a great extent. With Narine, you can’t spin, you want to use pace first. It’s also a really good match-up for Salt and the way he plays. They were excellent, and really broke the game apart in the first six overs.”

Faf said that the team tried to have spin options with all-rounder Glenn Maxwell but there was not much spin on the surface during the game.

“We have tried spinning options with maxis, finger spinners seem effective here, but there is not much spin at night,” he said.

Talking about medium pacer Vijaykumar Vishak, Faf said that he bowled well, but he did not get many chances for RCB.

“We looked at the first innings and we thought about bringing in Karn Sharma (spinner). But we felt that someone who can bowl a really good slower ball would probably be the toughest bowler to face on this pitch. . Dre Russ probably scored 80. Most of his balls were cutters. We took some lessons from him and he was the best bowler of the evening,” he concluded.

KKR decided to field after winning the toss. After losing the wicket of captain Faf early, Virat Kohli made a 65-run partnership with Cameron Green (33 from 21 balls, four fours and two sixes) and Glenn Maxwell (28 from 19 balls, three fours and one six). Made a partnership of 42 runs with the help of 28 runs). Six). Virat scored 83* in 59 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes and along with Dinesh Karthik (20* in eight balls, three sixes) took RCB to 182/6 in 20 overs.

Andre Russell (2/29) and Harshit Rana (2/39) were the best bowlers for KKR.

In the run chase, Phil Salt (30 runs in 20 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes) and Sunil Narine (47 runs in 22 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes) led KKR with a quick-fire partnership of 86 runs. Gave a good start. 39 balls. After Visak and Mayank Dagar (1/23 each) dismissed the openers, Venkatesh Iyer (50* from 30 balls, with three fours and four sixes) and captain Shreyas Iyer (39 from 24 balls, with two fours and two sixes) With sixes) guided KKR. Won by seven wickets with 19 balls remaining.

Sunil won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his innings of 47 runs and one wicket in his 500th match.

RCB is placed sixth in the points table with one win and two losses. He has only two points. KKR are in second place with two wins and four points from two matches.