Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli admitted that he should not have gone after Mumbai Indians' best bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. He missed the close and controversial match by six runs.
Kohli was batting on 46 and had already added 49 runs with AB de Villiers, when he went for a pull shot on Bumrahah, but the square leg was misunderstood by the fielder. The home team still needed 72 runs in 38 balls at that time and De Villiers did the best, but still he could not put his team in line.
"I am out at the wrong time, I mean that Jossi is a top class bowler, there is a slight mistake in taking him at that level, Mumbai is lucky for him and Malinga too, and if Jassi is also in good form. It is good for India, "said Kohli in the post-match presentation ceremony.
Bangalore restricted Mumbai to 147 for 7 in 7 out of 7, before Hardik Pandya scored 32 runs off just 14 balls to get his team to a total score of 187 for 8.
"When they were 147 for 7, we should have done better. The last few overs were cruel for us, some more than Abbey could have worked for us. We need to be smart in death bowling. I think they can learn from their game the way they bowled, the onus is always on every member of the team, "Kohli said.
Meanwhile, Mumbai captain Rohit said that he knows that Bumrah and Lasith Malinga will work for them even after going to De Villiers from one end.
"Malinga has been part of MI for a long time, last year, he came as a mentor, he performed well this year, you can always trust those guys at the rear end, sometimes it happens. Sometimes this does not happen, they brought experience in play, with AB at the other end, anything could happen. Rohit said that we bowled in the bowlers who were very brave to bowl in.
He said, "Bumrah performed well and we missed the ball in the middle. We need to remember such things when we are playing big games.
They said, "We were in the game despite Virat and Abby's batting, we are not nervous, we stick to our strength, from 7 overs to 15 overs, this is an important step. We kept on our plans and I think That was right, a great effort from the bowling unit. RCB is a quality side and you can not give them any chance. They will come and hurt you, we were up to the mark today. "
Rohit was also impressed by the way Hardik Pandya performed in this match.
He said, "We all understand the importance of hearty in this team, they were out for a few weeks, for whatever happened to them, they needed this confidence. They batted well and we finally got them important I got the runs and I thought they really bowled really well. " He has enough evidence. It will be good for us if they continue to perform like this in the future for Team India. "
Bumrah was selected in the right man of the match and the fast bowler said that whatever he does is his strength.
"You go to the ball with the ball and you try to control the controllers. You try to get yourself back in the situation. You do not go too far, I was just focusing on my plan and I am trying to return strength, I always try. Return myself to any situation and execute the plan for perfection, "Bumrah said, out of 20 Chose 3.
