Bangalore: Fiery celebrations of Virat Kohli and R Ashwin while they were sending off each other to the dugout was the highlight of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab here on Wednesday; however, Ashwin tackled the situation by saying that they both reacted out of passion. “I just played with passion, so does he (Virat). That’s it,” Ashwin said during the post-match press conference.
Ashwin gave Kohli a raging send-off and when Kohli got the opportunity, he did not shy away from celebrating in a similar manner and gave Punjab’s skipper a similar send-off. Bangalore, who were sent to bat first, scored 202 runs for four wickets in their 20 overs, thanks to AB de Villiers’ 82-run inning off just 44 balls which helped his side set this mammoth target for the visitors.
Punjab, who then came out to bat, was unable to chase down the target and lost the match by 17 runs. Ashwin, talking about the defeat, said that his side lost the execution towards the end. “I think we lost our execution towards the end. Three overs for 60 odd runs wasn’t desirable, but we were in the chase all along and I thought we couldn’t finish it off in crunch situation,” said Ashwin. “Whenever we played those crucial moments, we won, and whenever we haven’t, we have lost it, because the games are really really tight for us,” he added. —ANI
‘Right attitude is the key’
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore have won third successive match in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) after having a woeful beginning. RCB all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is of the opinion that it is the right attitude that gives the best chance of winning. “Cricket is a type of game often there are just little things that need to be changed. For us, I think it was just the fact that once you lose a couple of games, sometimes you play to try not to lose rather than play to win.
We started winning some close games as well which gave everyone confidence,” Stoinis said in the post-match press conference here on Wednesday. “So, there have not been big changes. We all know we are good players. Everyone in the IPL is good players, every team is good. I think if you just bring the right attitude to the ground, every single time, then it gives you the best chance of winning,” he added.
