They were playing very smoothly and fast.
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The Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli led his troops from the front throughout the 9th edition of the Indian Premier League boldly.
The Bangalore bowlers kept coming back to get wickets in between but could never arrest the flow of runs. It was however Cutting who gave nightmare moments to Royal Challengers in the final overs, when he smashed 39 runs which included four sixes and three fours of just 15 balls. “But the way Bhuvi picked up wickets with the new ball, then came in the death overs and bowled those accurate yorkers, picked up wickets and restricted the flow of runs, was brilliant”, Laxman added. They had smaller partnerships at the top but the 52-run onslaught by Cutting in the final three overs, especially 24 in the last over proved decisive in their title win.
In the end, RCB were cruising at 140 for the loss of Chris Gayle, who marauded with a 76 off 38 balls hitting 8 sixes and four boundaries and Kohli scoring his seventh half century in 35 balls, were left stranded by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Masafiqur Rahman at the end.
“It was great to be a part of this and play a role but this win was set up by Davey and we probably wouldn’t be standing here now if it wasn’t for him”, said Cutting. When the time came to deliver their goods in finals they buck down under pressure against the best bowling side in the league. Batsmen get to 199 and don’t get that one run to score a double hundred.
KL Rahul was done in by a slow off-cutter from Cutting and Shane Watson found it hard to get the big shots going as Mustafizur accounted for him.
Warner was the leading run-getter for his team with 843 runs in the competition at an average of 60.57, including nine 50 plus innings. But their players are trying their best to track the score They were seeking for the win, but it couldn’t happen at all. Or will Sunrisers Hyderabad clinch the trophy in their first-ever appearance in the Final? Sunrisers players were cheering ad jumping with joys. “It will be a close game”, Kohli told reporters ahead of a high-octane match between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SH) at a packed Chinnaswamy stadium here under floodlights.
But we should praise them to as they played last night and in the whole session.
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Virat Kohli was also named as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament for his outstanding performance with the bat. “It feels nice to have scored more runs than anyone else, more importantly because we reach finals”, he said.
