Harshal Patel
Harshal Patel took a hat-trick to ensure an impressive 54-run victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore against defending champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday.
30-year-old who took wickets Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar in their hat-tricks revealed their strategy in a post-match presentation. With a cleverly disguised slow delivery in his arsenal, Harshal finished with figures of 4/17, becoming the third bowler from Bangalore to record a record. IPL Hat-trick.
“I was thinking that if the batsmen can’t pick up my slower deliveries then it will be difficult to spot the bowlers as well (referring to Chahar’s wicket). I just bet on that. This is my sixth time I am on a hat-trick. and finally got one, very happy.
“Pollard is someone who can do damage if you bowl in his areas, we wanted to take him wide and then once you pull him wide you have the option of bluffing him, which is really Turned out well. The way Siraj started, he is someone who sets the pace for us and the way Maxi and Chahal bowled in the middle overs was absolutely fantastic. They were under pressure at death and we Did really well,” he continued.
Coming to bat, RCB scored 165 for 6 in their IPL match against MI, scoring only 111 runs in 18.1 overs. For RCB, Harshal Patel (4/17) hit a four while Yuvendra Chahal took three wickets.
East, Glen Maxwell Played 56 runs in 37 balls while captaining for RCB Virat Kohli (51 off 42 balls) also scored a half-century, helping Bangalore score 165 runs in their 20 overs.
Kohli too had no complaints with his team’s performance as he praised Harshal’s bowling performance. “No complaints tonight. Maybe in batting I’ll give it 8, we should have got 20-25 more. I went with Daniel Christian – he bowled an amazing over, shut the game down completely and Herschel took second Wonderful job. End,” he said.
the losing captain Rohit Sharma He admitted that the batsmen let him down as his unit broke down against the required run-rate hike.
“The batsmen let us down. This is something that is happening constantly (losing our way with the bat). Had a good conversation with the batsmen. Those who need to move on. They put pressure on us a couple of times Kept. Wickets fell. We need to come back from whatever position we are in.”
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