Royal Challengers Bangalore’s latest star Kona Bharat said that his senior teammate Glenn Maxwell was confident that the Andhra wicketkeeper-batsman could finish the last match IPL League game against Delhi Capitals, which he did by hitting a six off the last ball. Bharat, who has had a good IPL with the bat, scored an unbeaten 78 off 52 balls as he remained calm under pressure and smashed Avesh for a straight six with five needed off the last ball to chase down DC’s 165-run target .
The result of the match had no effect on the points table, although DC finished on top with 20 points and RCB on 18, but third place due to a lower net run-rate (-0.140) than Chennai Super Kings (+0.455). Stayed on When asked what happened before the last over, Bharat said how Maxwell boosted his confidence.
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“Last over… Me and Maxi were talking about what areas we can reach. He said look at the ball and get the bat on the ball… Last 3 balls, you know I asked him what to run, he said ‘no, you can finish it’. It gave me a lot of confidence,’ says Bharat, who has scored good scores of 32 against Mumbai Indians and 44 against Rajasthan Royals.
Bharat said that he does not want to think too much ahead in the last over. “I was just concentrating on one ball which is coming next. Instead of thinking about too many things. I kept it very simple and as a team we did very well and we took it forward.”
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What has worked for India in UAE is that they love facing fast bowlers and DC have three real fast bowlers in the form of Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Nortje and Avesh. He said, ‘To be honest, I like fast bowling. I have played for India A and am also a part of the Indian team, you get to play with the best bowlers in the country. Playing the pace was no surprise to me. “I would love someone who is speeding so that you can work on the ball instead of hitting the ball hard. I found it really interesting and was enjoying the challenge.”
Bharat has been batting regularly at No 3 at this stage of the IPL but the management has told him that the order will remain flexible. “We are flexible to go with any order. It was communicated fairly fairly. Everyone is ready for their own challenge. I don’t think there is any miscommunication. When you are given chances, you want to do well and finish it well,” the 28-year-old keeper-batsman said in a virtual post-match media interaction.
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