RCB suffered a humiliating loss to KKR by a massive margin of 82 runs, and languishing at the bottom of the IPL 2017 points table, the runners-up of the previous edition have failed to live up to the billing. We will be fools if we think we can show up tomorrow and expect a repeat of what happened at Kolkata. “This is just not acceptable”, Kohli said, at the post-match ceremony.
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“We need to forget it and move forward”.
“There are seven games left for the rest of the tournament and every single game is an opportunity, to find a spot and to get the momentum running. That is in the past now, and I’m sure RCB feels the same way”, he said. I know we can do it and I really believe that in my heart we have what it takes to turn it around again.
Can Virat Kohli’s men get back to winning ways at home today?
SRH started the day third in the points table, and they stay third with nine points – four wins plus the one gained on Tuesday – in eight matches. It is the 29th match of this 10th IPL edition, which is the home game of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In the last game of SRH, it is the unforgettable game for the MS Dhoni fans.
To stand a chance of making it into the top four, they will have to bat big and score heavily in each of their encounters and bowl the opposition out as soon as possible, if they wish to boost their NRR.
A Warner vs Kohli clash was awaited, the ones rushing to the Chinnaswamy Stadium chose to leave their homes early as they didn’t want to be a part of the everyday traffic chaos. Yuvraj, who was dropped against Pune for having scored just 96 runs this campaign, will also aim to rise to the occasion.
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However, Ravindra Jadeja – a key bowler in the Gujarat line-up – is yet to fire, while Praveen Kumar has also lacked pace and swing.
